A novel cry2Ab gene from the indigenous isolate Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-140

  Sevim, Ali ^a,b   Eryüzlü, Emine ^a   Demirba, Zihni ^a   Demir, Ismail ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cloning; Cry2Ab; Malacosoma neustria; Rhagoletis cerasi; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN CRY2AB; PROTEIN CRY2AB25; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS KURSTAKI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1AB GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; INSECT; MALACOSOMA NEUSTRIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; RHAGOLETIS CERASI; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALACOSOMA NEUSTRIA; RHAGOLETIS CERASI;

EID: 84930473207     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1108.08061     Document Type: Article

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