Vip3C, a novel class of vegetative insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 7163-7165

  Palma, Leopoldo ^a,b   Hernández Rodríguez, Carmen Sara ^c   Maeztu, Mireya ^b   Hernández Martínez, Patricia ^c   de Escudero, Iñigo Ruiz ^a,b   Escriche, Baltasar ^c   Muñoz, Delia ^b   Van Rie, Jeroen ^d   Ferré, Juan ^c   Caballero, Primitivo ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIP3A PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPAIN; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 84868313378     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01360-12     Document Type: Note

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