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Assessment of genetically engineered Trabulsiella odontotermitis as a ‘Trojan Horse’ for paratransgenesis in termites

BACKGROUND: The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus is an invasive urban pest in the Southeastern USA. Paratransgenesis using a microbe expressed lytic peptide that targets the termite gut protozoa is currently being developed for the control of Formosan subterranean termites. In t...

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Autores principales: Tikhe, Chinmay Vijay, Martin, Thomas M., Howells, Andréa, Delatte, Jennifer, Husseneder, Claudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5011783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27595984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0822-4