Rapid detection of vip1-type genes from Bacillus cereus and characterization of a novel vip binary toxin gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-36

  Yu, Xiumei ^a   Liu, Tao ^a   Liang, Xiaoxing ^a   Tang, Changqing ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a   Wang, Shiquan ^a   Li, Shuangcheng ^a   Deng, Qiming ^a   Wang, Linxia ^a   Zheng, Aiping ^a   Li, Ping ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co expression; PCR RFLP; SON PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 1;

APHIS GOSSYPII; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HEMIPTERA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LC 50; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 1 GENE; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 1AA GENE; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 1AC1 GENE; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 2AE3 GENE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APHIS GOSSYPII; BACILLUS CEREUS; CHILO SUPPRESSALIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 80755126997     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02409.x     Document Type: Article

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