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Tobacco plants expressing the Cry1AbMod toxin suppress tolerance to Cry1Ab toxin of Manduca sexta cadherin-silenced larvae.
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2011
Porta Helena, Jiménez Gladys, Cordoba Elizabeth, León Patricia, Soberón Mario, Bravo Alejandra
Abstract excerpt
Cry toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria are insecticidal proteins used worldwide in the control of different insect pests. Alterations in toxin-receptor interaction represent the most common mechanism to induce resistance to Cry toxins in lepidopteran insects. Cry toxins bind with high affinity to the cadherin protein present in the midgut cells and this interaction facilitates the proteolytic...
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