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Binding of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cry1Ac to multiple sites of cadherin in pink bollworm.
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2007
Fabrick J A, Tabashnik B E
Abstract excerpt
Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are widely used for pest control. In particular, Bt toxin Cry1Ac produced by transgenic cotton kills some key lepidopteran pests. We found that Cry1Ac binds to recombinant peptides corresponding to extracellular regions of a cadherin protein (BtR) in a major cotton pest, pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) (PBW). In conjunction with previous results showing that PBW...
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