A pangenomic study of Bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 567-576

  Fang, Yongjun ^a,e   Li, Zhaolong ^b,c   Liu, Jiucheng ^b,e   Shu, Changlong ^d   Wang, Xumin ^b   Zhang, Xiaowei ^b,e   Yu, Xiaoguang ^b,e   Zhao, Duojun ^b,e   Liu, Guiming ^b,e   Hu, Songnian ^b,e   Zhang, Jie ^d   Al Mssallem, Ibrahim ^e   Yu, Jun ^a,b,c,e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis (B. thuringiensis); Pangenome; Pseudo chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANGENOME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENDOTOXINS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84855197214     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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