Cloning, Expression and Toxicity of a Mosquitocidal Toxin Gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. medellin

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) subsp. medellin (Btmed) produces parasporal crystalline inclusions which are toxic to mosquito larvae. It has been shown that the inclusions of this bacterium contain mainly proteins of 94, 68 and 28-30 kDa. EcoRI partially digested total DNA of Btmed was cloned by using...

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Main Authors: Nora Restrepo, Diana Gutierrez, Maria M Patiño, Isabelle Thiéry, Armelle Delécluse, Sergio Orduz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1997-03-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761997000200021

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