Roles of insect midgut cadherin in Bt intoxication and resistance

Bt Resistance: Characterization and Strategies for GM Crops Producing Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 69-86

  Fabrick, Jeffrey A ^a   Wu, Yidong ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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