Alejandra Bravo
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Publications of Alejandra Bravo (35 listed):
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2020) 86 (22 - e01580-20)
Isabel Gómez, Josue Ocelotl, Jorge Sánchez, Sotero Aguilar-Medel, Guadalupe Peña-Chora, Laura Lina-Garcia, Alejandra Bravo and Mario Soberón (2020)
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab domain III β-22 mutants with enhanced toxicity to Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith)
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2020) 86 (7 - e02770-19)
Nathaly Alexandre Nascimento, Mary Carmen Torres-Quintero, Samira López Molina, Sabino Pacheco, Tatiany Patrícia Romão, Antonio Pereira-Neves, Mario Soberón, Alejandra Bravo and Maria Helena Neves Lobo Silva-Filha (2020)
Functional Bacillus thuringiensis Cyt1Aa is necessary to synergize Lysinibacillus sphaericus binary toxin (Bin) against bin-resistant and -refractory mosquito species
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2018) 84 (17 - e01089-18)
Isabel Gómez, Daniel E. Rodríguez-Chamorro, Gabriela Flores-Ramírez, Ricardo Grande, Fernando Zúñiga, Francisco J. Portugal, Jorge Sánchez, Sabino Pacheco, Alejandra Bravo and Mario Soberón (2018)
Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) aminopeptidase N1 is a functional receptor of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ca toxin
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2018) 84 (20 - e01393-18)
Isabel Gómez, Josue Ocelotl, Jorge Sánchez, Christina Lima, Erica Martins, Anayeli Rosales-Juárez, Sotero Aguilar-Medel, André Abad, Hua Dong, Rose Monnerat, Guadalupe Peña, Jie Zhang, Mark Nelson, Gusui Wu, Alejandra Bravo and Mario Soberón (2018)
Enhancement of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa toxicity to Spodoptera frugiperda by domain III mutations indicates there are two limiting steps in toxicity as defined by receptor binding and protein stability
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2018) 84 (3 - e01996-17)
Yonglei Liu, Yinglong Wang, Changlong Shu, Kejian Lin, Fuping Song, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberón and Jie Zhang (2018)
Cry64Ba and Cry64Ca, two ETX/MTX2-type Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins active against hemipteran pests
PLoS ONE (2018) 13 (12 - e0207789)
Igor Henrique Sena Da Silva, Isabel Goméz, Jorge Sánchez, Diana L. Martínez de Castro, Fernando Hercos Valicente, Mario Soberón, Ricardo Antonio Polanczyk and Alejandra Bravo (2018)
Identification of midgut membrane proteins from different instars of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) that bind to Cry1Ac toxin
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2017) 83 (12 - e00541-17)
Jian Jiang, Ying Huang, Changlong Shu, Mario Soberón, Alejandra Bravo, Chunqing Liu, Fuping Song, Jinsheng Lai and Jie Zhang (2017)
Holotrichia oblita midgut proteins that bind to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry8-like toxin and assembly of the H. oblita midgut tissue transcriptome
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2017) 83 (20 - e01515-17)
Sabino Pacheco, Isabel Gómez, Jorge Sánchez, Blanca-Ines García-Gómez, Mario Soberón and Alejandra Bravo (2017)
An intramolecular salt bridge in Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Ba toxin is involved in the stability of helix α-3, which is needed for oligomerization and insecticidal activity
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2017) 83 (4 - e02864-16)
Zishan Zhou, Yuxiao Liu, Gemei Liang, Yongping Huang, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberón, Fuping Song, Xueping Zhou and Jie Zhang (2017)
Insecticidal specificity of Cry1Ah to Helicoverpa armigera is determined by binding of APN1 via domain II loops 2 and 3
Journal of Economic Entomology (2016) 109, 1415-1423
Dandan Zhang, Yutao Xiao, Khalid Hussain Dhiloo, Mario Soberon, Alejandra Bravo and Kongming Wu (2016)
Molecular cloning, expression, and identification of Bre genes involved in glycosphingolipids synthesis in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira (2016) 51, 692-696
Paulo Roberto Queiroz, Carolina Almeida Ramiro, Érica Soares Martins, Mário Soberón, Alejandra Bravo and Rose Gomes Monnerat (2016)
Mitochondrial markers to distinguish Spodoptera frugiperda populations associated with corn and cotton crops
PLoS ONE (2016) 11 (8 - e0161189)
Yueqin Wang, Yidong Wang, Zhenying Wang, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberón and Kanglai He (2016)
Genetic basis of Cry1F-resistance in a laboratory selected Asian corn borer strain and its cross-resistance to other Bacillus thuringiensis toxins
PLoS ONE (2015) 10 (4 - e0119544)
Rose Monnerat, Erica Martins, Cristina Macedo, Paulo Queiroz, Lilian Praça, Carlos Marcelo Soares, Helio Moreira, Isabella Grisi, Joseane Silva, Mario Soberon and Alejandra Bravo (2015)
Evidence of field-evolved resistance of Spodoptera frugiperda to Bt corn expressing Cry1F in Brazil that is still sensitive to modified Bt toxins
Environmental Microbiology (2013) 15, 3030-3039
Jazmin A. López-Diaz, Pablo Emiliano Cantón, Sarjeet S. Gill, Mario Soberón and Alejandra Bravo (2013)
Oligomerization is a key step in Cyt1Aa membrane insertion and toxicity but not necessary to synergize Cry11Aa toxicity in Aedes aegypti larvae
PLoS ONE (2013) 8 (11 - e80496)
Bruce E. Tabashnik, Jeffrey A. Fabrick, Gopalan C. Unnithan, Alex J. Yelich, Luke Masson, Jie Zhang, Alejandra Bravo and Mario Soberón (2013)
Efficacy of genetically modified Bt toxins alone and in combinations against pink bollworm resistant to Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2013) 79, 4543-4550
Biviana Flores-Escobar, Hector Rodríguez-Magadan, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberón and Isabel Gómez (2013)
Differential role of Manduca sexta aminopeptidase-N and alkaline phosphatase in the mode of action of Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab, and Cry1Ac toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2013) 79, 6969-6973
Blanca I. García-Gómez, Jorge Sánchez, Diana L. Martínez de Castro, Jorge E. Ibarra, Alejandra Bravo and Mario Soberón (2013)
Efficient production of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1AMod toxins under regulation of cry3Aa promoter and single cysteine mutations in the protoxin region
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2011) 77, 24-31
Supaporn Likitvivatanavong, Jianwu Chen, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberón and Sarjeet S. Gill (2011)
Cadherin, alkaline phosphatase, and aminopeptidase N as receptors of Cry11Ba toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan in Aedes aegypti
Southwestern Entomologist (2010) 35, 383-386
Carlos Muñoz-Garay, Mario Soberon and Alejandra Bravo (2010)
Mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis-genetically modified Cry1AbMod and Cry1AcMod toxins: Role of alkaline pH in toxin oligomerization
Southwestern Entomologist (2010) 35, 387-390
Isabel Gómez, Iván Arenas, Sabino Pacheco, Alejandra Bravo and Mario Soberón (2010)
New insights into the mode of action of Cry1Ab toxin used in transgenic insect-resistant crops
Environmental Microbiology (2010) 12, 746-757
Maria Teresa Fernandez-Luna, Humberto Lanz-Mendoza, Sarjeet S. Gill, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberon and Juan Miranda-Rios (2010)
An alpha-amylase is a novel receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. israelensis Cry4Ba and Cry11Aa toxins in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2009) 75, 7548-7550
Carlos Muñoz-Garay, Claudia Rodríguez-Almazán, Jose N. Aguilar, Leivi Portugal, Isabel Gómez, Gloria Saab-Rincon, Mario Soberón and Alejandra Bravo (2009)
Oligomerization of Cry11Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis has an important role in toxicity against Aedes aegypti
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2009) 75, 5739-5741
Michelle T. Franklin, Christal L. Nieman, Alida F. Janmaat, Mario Soberón, Alejandra Bravo, Bruce E. Tabashnik and Judith H. Myers (2009)
Modified Bacillus thuringiensis toxins and a hybrid B. thuringiensis strain counter greenhouse-selected resistance in Trichoplusia ni
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2006) 72, 901-907
Cristopher Padilla, Liliana Pardo-López, Gustavo de la Riva, Isabel Gómez, Jorge Sánchez, Georgina Hernandez, Maria Eugenia Nuñez, Marianne P. Carey, Donald H. Dean, Oscar Alzate, Mario Soberón and Alejandra Bravo (2006)
Role of tryptophan residues in toxicity of Cry1Ab toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2006) 72, 7029-7035
R. Monnerat, E. Martins, P. Queiroz, S. Ordúz, G. Jaramillo, G. Benintende, J. Cozzi, M.D. Real, A. Martinez-Ramirez, C. Rausell, J. Cerón, J.E. Ibarra, M.C. Del Rincon-Castro, A.M. Espinoza, L. Meza-Basso, L. Cabrera, J. Sánchez, M. Soberon and A. Bravo (2006)
Genetic variability of Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) populations from Latin America is associated with variations in susceptibility to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Toxins
Journal of Insect Science (2006) 6 (46), 9-10
A. Bravo, I. Gomez, L. Pardo, C. Muñoz, C. Pérez, L. Fernandez and M. Soberón (2006)
Important interactions of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins with membrane receptors and their role in insect resistance
in M. Adams et al. [editors] Abstracts of the Fifth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science (May 20-24, 2006, Tucson, Arizona USA), 76 pp.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2006) 72, 353-360
Guadalupe Peña, Juan Miranda-Rios, Gustavo de la Riva, Liliana Pardo-López, Mario Soberón and Alejandra Bravo (2006)
A Bacillus thuringiensis S-layer protein involved in toxicity against Epilachna varivestis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2005) 71, 5391-5398
Jaroslaw Letowski, Alejandra Bravo, Roland Brousseau and Luke Masson (2005)
Assessment of cry1 gene contents of Bacillus thuringiensis strains by use of DNA microarrays
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2005) 102, 18303-18308
Claudia Pérez, Luisa E. Fernandez, Jianguang Sun, Jorge Luis Folch, Sarjeet S. Gill, Mario Soberón and Alejandra Bravo (2005)
Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Cyt1Aa synergizes Cry11Aa toxin by functioning as a membrane-bound receptor
Journal of Applied Entomology (2004) 128, 102-107
S.M.B. Silva, J.O. Silva-Werneck, R. Falcão, A.C. Gomes, R.R. Fragoso, M.T. Quezado, O.B.O. Neto, J.B. Aguiar, M.F.G. Sá and A. Bravo (2004)
Characterization of novel Brazilian Bacillus thuringiensis strains active against Spodoptera frugiperda and other insect pests
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2003) 69, 5269-5274
Jorge E. Ibarra, M. Cristina del Rincón, Sergio Ordúz, David Noriega, Graciela Benintende, Rose Monnerat, Leda Regis, Cláudia M.F. de Oliveira, Humberto Lanz, Mario H. Rodriguez, Jorge Sánchez, Guadalupe Peña and Alejandra Bravo (2003)
Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis strains from Latin America with insecticidal activity against different mosquito species
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1998) 64, 4965-4972
Alejandra Bravo, Sergio Sarabia, Lorena Lopez, Hernesto Ontiveros, Carolina Abarca, Anabel Ortiz, Miriam Ortiz, Laura Lina, Francisco J. Villalobos, Guadalupe Peña, María-Eugenia Nuñez-Valdez, Mario Soberón and Rodolfo Quintero (1998)
Characterization of cry genes in a Mexican Bacillus thuringiensis strain collection
Journal of Economic Entomology (1997) 90, 412-415
N. Bohorova, M. Cabrera, C. Abarca, R. Quintero, A.M. Maciel, R.M. Brito, D. Hoisington and A. Bravo (1997)
Susceptibility of four tropical lepidopteran maize pests to Bacillus thuringiensis CryI-type insecticidal toxins
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1995) 61, 3826-3831
J. Ceron, A. Ortiz, R. Quintero, L. Guereca and A. Bravo (1995)
Specific PCR primers directed to identify cryI and cryIII genes within a Bacillus thuringiensis strain collection
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1994) 60, 353-356
J. Ceron, L. Covarrubias, R. Quintero, A. Ortiz, M. Ortiz, E. Aranda, L. Lina and A. Bravo (1994)
PCR analysis of the cryI insecticidal crystal family genes from Bacillus thuringiensis
