Summary: Expression of Cry5B protein from Bacillus thuringiensis in plant roots confers
resistance to root-knot nematode
Xiang-Qian Li, Anderson Tan 1
, Michael Voegtline 2
, Senait Bekele 3
, Chang-Shi Chen, Raffi V. Aroian *
Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, Department 0322, Bonner Hall Room 4430, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 16 April 2008
Accepted 17 June 2008
Available online 3 July 2008
Keywords:
Bacillus thuringiensis
Crystal protein
Endotoxin
Cry5B
Transgenic hairy roots
Plant-parasitic nematode
Root-knot nematode

Source: Aroian, Raffi V. - Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego

Collections: Biology and Medicine