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Mapping of the entomocidal fragment of Spodoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis toxin CryIC.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 27 Nov 1996
Strizhov N, Keller M, Koncz-Kálmán Z, Regev A, Sneh B, Schell J, Koncz C, Zilberstein A, Konez-Kálmán Z
Abstract excerpt
Insecticidal CryI protoxins of Bacillus thuringiensis are activated by proteolysis in the midgut of insects. A conservation of proteolytic cleavage sites in the CryI proteins facilitates the expression of active toxins in transgenic plants to obtain protection from various insects. However, the engineering of CryIC toxins has, thus far, failed to yield applicable resistance to armyworms of Spodoptera species...
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