Introduction of Culex toxicity into Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Ba by protein engineering.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on September 01, 2003

Authors

Mohd Amir F Abdullah1, Oscar Alzate, Marwan Mohammad, Rebecca J McNall, Michael J Adang, Donald H Dean

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1: The Protein Research Group, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

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