Identification of the promoter in the intergenic region between orf1 and cry8Ea1 controlled by sigma H factor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4164-4168

  Du, Lixin ^a,b   Qiu, Lili ^a   Peng, Qi ^a   Lereclus, Didier ^c   Zhang, Jie ^a   Song, Fuping ^a   Huang, Dafang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

^c UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CDNA ENDS; CRY GENES; EXPONENTIAL PHASE; H-FACTORS; INTERGENIC REGIONS; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; THURINGIENSIS; TRANSCRIPTION START SITE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FUSION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

BACTERIOLOGY; GENES;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; SIGMA FACTOR; SPACER DNA;

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HOLOTRICHIA PARALLELA; MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA; SIGE;

EID: 84864101879     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00622-12     Document Type: Article

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