Weak transcription of the cry1ac gene in nonsporulating bacillus thuringiensis cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6466-6474

  Yang, Hui ^a   Wang, Pinshu ^a,b   Peng, Qi ^a   Rong, Rong ^a   Liu, Chunxia ^a   Lereclus, Didier ^c   Zhang, Jie ^a   Song, Fuping ^a   Huang, Dafang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PROTEINS; SILICON ALLOYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSP. KURSTAKI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN FUSION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR; TRANSITION PHASIS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; LARVA; MOTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; SPORULATION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; SIGE;

EID: 84866155028     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01229-12     Document Type: Article

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