This study received the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31730083 and 31572328).
Lepidoptera,with 0.16 million species,is the second largest order of insecta.This order includes silk worms,butterflies,and many agricultural pests.The cotton bollworm,Helicoverpa armigera(Hubner)is one of the pests i...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFD0200400);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31272115)
Cry1Ai-h-loop 2 is a mutant of Cry1Ai constructed by exchanging loop 2 from Cry1Ah protein and shows insecticidal activity against Helicoverpa armigera. The toxicity of Cry1 Ai-h-loop 2, in contrast to the very low to...
supported by the Key Project for Breeding Genetically Modified Organisms, China (2016ZX08011002);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31621064);the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Non-profit Scientific Institution, China (Y2017JC34)
Receptor proteins on the brush border membrane of the insect midgut epithelium are involved in the mode of action of insecticidal Cry proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt). Polycalin has been identified as a bindin...