Identification of a novel enhancin-like gene from Bacillus thuringiensis

Frontiers of Agriculture in China

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 423-429

  Zhao, Dan ^a   Guo, Wei ^a,b   Sun, Weiming ^a   Xu, Daqing ^a   Liu, Daqun ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center for Agriculture in Northern Mountainous Areas   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry9Ea protein; enhancin like gene; synergism

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 84862960240     PISSN: 16737334     EISSN: 1673744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11703-011-1117-z     Document Type: Article

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