Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins: An Overview of Their Biocidal Activity [PDF]
Toxins, 2014 Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a Gram positive, spore-forming bacterium that synthesizes parasporal crystalline inclusions containing Cry and Cyt proteins, some of which are toxic against a wide range of insect orders, nematodes and human-cancer cells ...
Leopoldo Palma +4 more
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Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins: Functional Characterization and Mechanism of Action. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2020 Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)-based products are the most successful microbial insecticides to date [...].
Bel Y, Ferré J, Hernández-Martínez P.
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Mechanism of action of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1995 The selectivity of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins is determined both by the toxin structure and by factors inherent to the insect. These toxins contain distinct domains that appear to be functionally important in toxin binding to protein receptors in the ...
Sarjeet S Gill
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Editorial: Improving Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins for Better Pest Control [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Tereza Cristina Luque Castellane +2 more
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The Cytocidal Spectrum of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins: From Insects to Human Cancer Cells. [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2020 Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a ubiquitous bacterium in soils, insect cadavers, phylloplane, water, and stored grain, that produces several proteins, each one toxic to different biological targets such as insects, nematodes, mites, protozoa, and ...
Mendoza-Almanza G +6 more
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Bacillus thuringiensis and insects: a century of intimate history [PDF]
Journal of BacteriologyWithin the vast Bacillus cereus group, two bacterial species have stood out for over a century: Bacillus anthracis for its pathogenicity to mammals, and Bacillus thuringiensis for its remarkable and economically exploitable activity against invertebrates.
Leyla Slamti, Didier Lereclus
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Broad-spectrum resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins by western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera). [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 The evolution of resistance and cross-resistance threaten the sustainability of genetically engineered crops that produce insecticidal toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).
Jakka SR, Shrestha RB, Gassmann AJ.
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Cytotoxicity analysis of three Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis δ-endotoxins towards insect and mammalian cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Three members of the δ-endotoxin group of toxins expressed by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, Cyt2Ba, Cry4Aa and Cry11A, were individually expressed in recombinant acrystalliferous B.
Roberto Franco Teixeira Corrêa +3 more
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Characterization of Cry toxins from autochthonous Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from Mexico
Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México, 2017 Background: Chemical pesticides, widely used in agriculture and vector-borne disease control, have shown toxic effects on the environment and the people in contact with them.
Raquel Camacho-Millán +6 more
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Prospecting for scarabid specific Bacillus thuringiensis crystal toxin cry8 gene in sugarcane ecosystem of Tamil Nadu, India [PDF]
, 2013 In the present study, we report the occurrence of cry8 positive isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) in selected white grub, Holotrichia serrata F. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), endemic soils of sugarcane ecosystem and other places in Tamil Nadu. Out of
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