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Crystal toxins and the volunteer's dilemma in bacteria

The growth and virulence of the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis depend on the production of Cry toxins, which are used to perforate the gut of its host. Successful invasion of the host relies on producing a threshold amount of toxin, after which there is no benefit from producing more toxin. Consequ...

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Autores principales: Patel, Matishalin, Raymond, Ben, Bonsall, Michael B., West, Stuart A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6487926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30672052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13415