Yajun Cai

Molecular Characterization of a Glucokinase with Broad Hexose Specificity from Bacillus sphaericus Strain C3-41▿

Han, Bei, Liu, Haizhou, Hu, Xiaomin, Cai, Yajun, Zheng, Dasheng, Yuan, Zhiming

Bacillus sphaericus cannot metabolize sugar since it lacks several of the enzymes necessary for glycolysis. Our results confirmed the presence of a glucokinase-encoding gene, glcK, and a...

Improving the Insecticidal Activity against Resistant Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes by Expression of Chitinase Gene chiAC in Bacillus sphaericus▿

Cai, Yajun, Yan, Jianpin, Hu, Xiaomin, Han, Bei, Yuan, Zhiming

Expression of a chitinase gene, chiAC, from Bacillus thuringiensis in B. sphaericus 2297 using the binary toxin promoter yielded a recombinant strain that was 4,297-fold more toxic than strain 2297...