Critical amino acids for the insecticidal activity of Vip3Af from Bacillus thuringiensis: Inference on structural aspects

Autor: Juan Ferré, Carmen Sara Hernández-Rodríguez, Núria Banyuls, J. Van Rie

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2018)
Scientific Reports

Vip3 vegetative insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis are an important tool for crop protection against caterpillar pests in IPM strategies. While there is wide consensus on their general mode of action, the details of their mode of actio

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Midgut microbiota and host immunocompetence underlie Bacillus thuringiensis killing mechanism

Autor: Silvia Gigliotti, Paola Varricchio, Gianluca Tettamanti, Francesco Pennacchio, Ilaria Di Lelio, Morena Casartelli, Barbara Giordana, Silvia Caccia, Núria Banyuls, Danilo Ercolini, Adriana Marinelli, Antonietta La Storia, Juan Ferré, Eleonora Franzetti

Publikováno v: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113 (2016). doi:10.1073/pnas.1521741113
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Silvia Caccia Ilaria Di Lelio, Antonietta La Storia, Adriana Marinelli, Paola Varricchio, Eleonora Franzetti, Núria Banyuls, Gianluca Tettamanti, Morena Casartelli, Barbara Giordana, Juan Ferré, Silvia Gigliotti, Danilo Ercolini, and Francesco Pennacchio/titolo:Midgut microbiota and host immunocompetence underlie Bacillus thuringiensis killing mechanism/doi:10.1073%2Fpnas.1521741113/rivista:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America/anno:2016/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume:113

Bacillus thuringiensis is a widely used bacterial entomopathogen producing insecticidal toxins, some of which are expressed in insect-resistant transgenic crops. Surprisingly, the killing mechanism of B. thuringiensis remains controversial. In partic

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Artefactual band patterns by SDS-PAGE of the Vip3Af protein in the presence of proteases mask the extremely high stability of this protein

Autor: Yudong Quan, Juan Ferré, Núria Banyuls, Patricia Hernández-Martínez

Publikováno v: International journal of biological macromolecules. 120

Vip3 proteins are secretable proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis with important characteristics for the microbiological control of agricultural pests. The exact details of their mode of action are yet to be disclosed and the crystallographic structu

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30120972

Characterization of the resistance to Vip3Aa in Helicoverpa armigera from Australia and the role of midgut processing and receptor binding

Autor: Maissa Chakroun, Bill James, Sharon Downes, Tom Walsh, Juan Ferré, Núria Banyuls

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports

Crops expressing genes from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt crops) are among the most successful technologies developed for the control of pests but the evolution of resistance to them remains a challenge. Insect resistant cotton and maize expressing the

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