Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis crystal toxins and mechanism of action

MJ Adang, N Crickmore, JL Jurat-Fuentes - Advances in insect physiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Parasporal crystals produced by Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteria are the main virulence
factors underlying Bt toxicity to insects. Parasporal crystals are composed primarily of Cry …

Detection and mechanisms of resistance evolved in insects to Cry toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis

Y Wu - Advances in Insect Physiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Transgenic crops producing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins (Bt crops) have been planted
globally to control some key pests. Benefited from implementation of proactive resistance …

Structural, evolutionary and functional analysis of APN genes in the Lepidoptera Bombyx mori

P Lin, T Cheng, S Jin, L Jiang, C Wang, Q Xia - Gene, 2014 - Elsevier
Aminopeptidases N (APNs), the receptors of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin in the
lepidopteran midgut, are involved in the Bt pathogen infection mechanism. In the present …

[HTML][HTML] Genome wide screening of RNAi factors of Sf21 cells reveal several novel pathway associated proteins

S Ghosh, PK Kakumani, A Kumar, P Malhotra… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background RNA interference (RNAi) leads to sequence specific knock-down of gene
expression and has emerged as an important tool to analyse gene functions, pathway …

RNA interference-mediated knockdown of three putative aminopeptidases N affects susceptibility of Spodoptera exigua larvae to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ca

XL Ren, Y Ma, JJ Cui, GQ Li - Journal of insect physiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Aminopeptidase N (APN) isoforms in insects have been documented to be involved in the
mode of action of insecticidal crystal proteins (Cry) from Bacillus thuringiensis. Here we …

Characterization of four midgut aminopeptidase N isozymes from Ostrinia furnacalis strains with different susceptibilities to Bacillus thuringiensis

L Xu, Z Wang, J Zhang, N Ferry, MG Edwards… - Journal of invertebrate …, 2014 - Elsevier
The full-length cDNA of four Ofapn aminopeptidases were cloned and sequenced from
susceptible and resistant Ostrinia furnacalis strains. Four sequences were identified as APN …

小菜蛾中肠氨肽酶基因PxAPN5 的克隆, 原核表达及蛋白质同源建模分析

许炼, 高焕娟, 潘志针, 朱育菁, 陈清西, 刘波 - 昆虫学报, 2014 - insect.org.cn
[目的] 克隆和表达小菜蛾-) 0#/)) $76)'1#/)) $ 氨肽酶基因, 并进行基因序列分析和同源建模分析.[
方法] 以小菜蛾中肠> 6! N 为模板克隆分析氨肽酶基因序列, 原核表达氨肽酶蛋白并进行酶活性 …

[PDF][PDF] Perspectives of antiviral RNA interference (RNAi) pathway of insects with special reference to mosquito in the context of dengue infection

P Basu, S Bhattacharya - International Journal of Mosquito …, 2014 - researchgate.net
RNA interference is a post-transcriptional sequence selective gene control mechanism.
Antiviral RNA interference (RNAi) pathway is one of the most momentous constituents of the …

[图书][B] Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis Kurstaki and Bacillus thuringiensis Israelensis on the corn earworm Helicoverpa zea

MD Osatuyi - 2014 - search.proquest.com
Abstract The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a common natural insecticide.
The'Israelensis" strain affects mosquito larvae while the'Kurstaki'strain affects caterpillars …

Mode d'action moléculaire de la toxine anti-tumorale: PS1Aa2 du bacille de Thuringe

G Narvaez - 2014 - papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca
Les parasporines sont des toxines Cry du bacille de Thuringe actives contre des cellules
tumorales. Ce travail montre que la parasporine PS1Aa2 (Cry31Aa2) forme des pores dans …