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Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Bacterial Toxins > Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins

Preferred term

Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Endotoxins produced by BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS used in transgenic plants and insecticides. When eaten by a susceptible insect they are protease activated in the insect midgut resulting in death from bacterial septicemia.

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Entry terms

  • B thuringiensis Toxins
  • B. thuringiensis Toxins
  • Bt Toxin
  • Bt Toxins

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GGZXWBP8-K

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