title: Cloning and localization of vip3A gene of Bacillus thuringiensis.
abstract: An insecticidal protein gene, vip3A, was cloned from Bacillus thuringiensis strain WB50. The nucleotide sequence of 2,460 bp (GenBank acc. No. AY295778) showed 99% homology with the known vip3A genes. Using specific primers for vip3A gene, PCR was performed to demonstrate that the gene was not located on the bacterial chromosome and this was confirmed by Southern blotting using an internal fragment (486 bp) from vip3A gene as a probe. The gene was carried on a plasmid of 31.8 kb.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou 350002, PR China.
authors.forename: Zeng Ling
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wen Yi
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jun Zhi
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Tian Pei
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xun Bo
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C447139:Vip3A protein, Bacillus thuringiensis