Retargeting of the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cyt2Aa against hemipteran insect pests

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8465-8470

  Chougule, Nanasaheb P ^a   Li, Huarong ^a,b   Liu, Sijun ^a   Linz, Lucas B ^a   Narva, Kenneth E ^b   Meade, Thomas ^b   Bonning, Bryony C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid management; Biotechnology; Insect resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CYT2AA TOXIN; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEMIPTERA; MYZUS PERSICAE; NONHUMAN; PEA APHID; PEACH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APHID MANAGEMENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INSECT RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; INTESTINES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878156378     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222144110     Document Type: Article

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