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Cryo-EM structures of an insecticidal Bt toxin reveal its mechanism of action on the membrane.

Nature communications - 14 May 2021

Byrne Matthew J, Iadanza Matthew G, Perez Marcos Arribas, Maskell Daniel P, George Rachel M, Hesketh Emma L, Beales Paul A, Zack Marc D, Berry Colin, Thompson Rebecca F

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Insect pests are a major cause of crop losses worldwide, with an estimated economic cost of $470 billion annually. Biotechnological tools have been introduced to control such insects without the need for chemical pesticides; for instance, the development of transgenic plants harbouring genes encoding insecticidal proteins. The Vip3 (vegetative insecticidal protein 3) family proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis...

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PMID: 33990582
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23146-4
PMCID: PMC8121907

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