ISSN:
1574-6968
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract A gene encoding a 61 kDa entomocidal (P2) protein from Bacillus thuringiensis galleriae was cloned in Escherichia coli using oligonucleotide probes corresponding to N- and C-terminal DNA sequences of a Kurstaki P2 gene. When the gene of a 5.8 kb HindIII fragment was transformed into B. subtilis on a shuttle vector, sporulation was completely inhibited and expression could not be detected. When B. megaterium was transformed with the same plasmid, only 10% of the cells sporulated and a 61 kDa P2 protein which cross-reacted with kurstaki P2 antiserum was synthesised. Cell lysates of the transformed B. megaterium were found to be toxic to both lepidopteran and dipteran larvae.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb03109.x
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