Constitutive activation of the midgut response to Bacillus thuringiensis in Bt-resistant Spodoptera exigua

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Hernández Martínez, Patricia ^a   Navarro Cerrillo, Gloria ^a   Caccia, Silvia ^a   de Maagd, Ruud A ^b   Moar, William J ^c,d   Ferré, Juan ^a   Escriche, Baltasar ^a   Herrero, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECTICIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARMYWORM; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LEPIDOPTERA; MIDGUT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOTOXINS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPODOPTERA;

EID: 77958586663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012795     Document Type: Article

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