Insect Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Cry2Ab Is Conferred by Mutations in an ABC Transporter Subfamily A Protein

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Tay, Wee Tek ^a   Mahon, Rod J ^a   Heckel, David G ^b   Walsh, Thomas K ^a   Downes, Sharon ^c   James, William J ^a   Lee, Sui Fai ^d   Reineke, Annette ^e   Williams, Adam K ^d   Gordon, Karl H J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CSIROn Cotton Research Institute   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e HOCHSCHULE GEISENHEIM UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRY1AC TOXIN; CRY2AB TOXIN; INSECTICIDE; PROTEIN A; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HAABCA2 GENE; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA PUNCTIGERA; HETEROZYGOSITY; INDEL MUTATION; INSECT RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INTRON; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYPHAGOUS PEST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC CROP; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; LEPIDOPTERA; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INDEL MUTATION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84949239497     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005534     Document Type: Article

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