Spider toxin (Hvt) gene cloned under phloem specific RSs1 and RolC promoters provides resistance against American bollworm (Heliothis armigera)

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1457-1463

  Shah, Allah Dino ^a   Ahmed, Moddassir ^a   Mukhtar, Zahid ^a   Khan, Sher Afzal ^a   Habib, Imran ^a   Malik, Zahid Abbas ^a   Mansoor, Shahid ^a   Saeed, Nasir Ahmad ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Heliothis armigera; Hydronyche versuta; Rice sucrose synthase1; Spider toxin; Transgenic tobacco plants

Indexed keywords

ARMIGERA; HYDRONYCHE VERSUTA; RICE SUCROSE SYNTHASE1; SPIDER TOXINS; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO PLANTS;

GENES; INSECT CONTROL; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TOBACCO;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

INSECTICIDE; SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SURVIVAL; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPIDER VENOMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARANEAE; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 79958765404     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0572-1     Document Type: Article

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