Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac Protoxin and Activated Toxin Exert Differential Toxicity Due to a Synergistic Interplay of Cadherin with ABCC Transporters in the Cotton Bollworm-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac Protoxin and Activated Toxin Exert Differential Toxicity Due to a Synergistic Interplay of Cadherin with ABCC Transporters in the Cotton Bollworm

Published:2022-04-12 Issue:7 Volume:88 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Liao Chongyu¹,Jin Minghui¹,Cheng Ying¹,Yang Yongbo²,Soberón Mario³^ORCID,Bravo Alejandra³^ORCID,Liu Kaiyu²,Xiao Yutao¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China

2. College of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China

3. Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Abstract

Better understanding of the mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins is beneficial for the sustainable application of Bt crops. It is generally accepted that Cry-protoxins need to be activated by proteases to bind with midgut cell proteins and exert toxicity against insects.

Funder

Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund

Key Project for Breeding Genetic Modified Organisms

Natural Foundation of Hubei Province of China

Shenzhen Scientific and Technological Foundation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aem.02505-21

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