This work was funded by a grant to YD Wu(No.31530060)from National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt)insecticidal toxins have been globally utilized for control of agricultural insects through spraying or transgenic crops.Binding of Bt toxins to special receptors on midgut epithelial cells o...
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram-positive aerobic bacterium that produces insecticidal crystalline inclusions during sporulation phases of the mother cell. The vir- ulence factor, known as parasporal crystals, is comp...
RJ. Shi received support from the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars of China (No. 31400348), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the Startup Foundation of Nanjing Forestry University (GXL038). J.Z. Wei and G.M. Liang received support from the Key Project for Breeding Genetically Modified Organisms (2014ZX08011-002), and the National Natural Science Foundations of China (No. 30971921, 31321004).
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