The susceptibility of five African Anopheles species to Anabaena PCC 7120 expressing Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis mosquitocidal cry genes

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ketseoglou, Irene ^a   Bouwer, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anabaena sp. PCC 7120; Anopheles; Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis; Bioassays; Cry proteins; Cyanobacteria; Genetic engineering; Larvicidal activity; Malaria vectors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRYSTAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MERUS; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

AFRICA; ANABAENA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

EID: 84866951652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-220     Document Type: Article

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