Unlinked genetic loci control the reduced transcription of aminopeptidase N 1 and 3 in the European corn borer and determine tolerance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1152-1160

  Coates, Brad S ^a   Sumerford, Douglas V ^a,c   Siegfried, Blair D ^b   Hellmich, Richard L ^a   Abel, Craig A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline (cry) toxin resistance; Gene network; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYSTALLINE (CRY) TOXIN RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE CONTROL; GENE NETWORK; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LEPIDOPTERA; PATHOGENICITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CRYSTALLINE (CRY) TOXIN RESISTANCE; GENE NETWORK; GENE REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; LEPIDOPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84886405954     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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