Entomologia Sinica (2003) 10, 155-166

Hua-Rong Li, Brenda Oppert, Kun Yan Zhu, Randall A. Higgins, Fang-Neng Huang and Lawrent L. Buschman (2003)
Transgenic plants expressing Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins
Entomologia Sinica 10 (3), 155-166
Abstract: Commercial varieties of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) plants have been developed in many countries to control target pests. Initially, the expression of native Bt genes in plants was low due to mRNA instability, improper splicing, and post-translation modifications. Subsequently, modifications of the native Bt genes greatly enhanced expression levels. This is a review of the developments that made modern high-expression transgenic Bt plants possible, with an emphasis on the reasons for the low-level expression of native Bt genes in plant systems, and the techniques that have been used to improve plant expression of Bt toxin genes.
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Database assignments for author(s): Fang Neng Huang, Kun Yan Zhu, Brenda Oppert, Lawrent L. Buschman

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
review

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Bacillus thuringiensis genes in crops (entomopathogen)