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Modification of Cry4Aa toward Improved Toxin Processing in the Gut of the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Aphids are sap-sucking insects (order: Hemiptera) that cause extensive damage to a wide range of agricultural crops. Our goal was to optimize a naturally occurring insecticidal crystalline (Cry) toxins produced by the soil-dwelling bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis for use against the pea aphid, Acyr...

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Autores principales: Rausch, Michael A., Chougule, Nanasaheb P., Deist, Benjamin R., Bonning, Bryony C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4865192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27171411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155466