Determination of Cry toxin activity and identification of an aminopeptidase N receptor-like gene in Asymmathetes vulcanorum (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-98

  Gómez, Jorge Eduardo Cortázar ^a   López Pazos, Silvio Alejandro ^a,b   Cerón, Jairo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Colombia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Asymmathetes vulcanorum; Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry1B protein

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; WEEVILS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84865563772     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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