Bt Toxins Act Like Molecular Keys (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Bt Toxins Act Like Molecular Keys

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Differences between Bt toxins in the molecular region involved with binding to insect gut receptors (highlighted with colors) reduce cross-resistance between two distantly related toxins Cry1Aa on the left and Cry2Aa on the right.

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Neil Crickmore/University of Sussex, UK

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