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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins on the midgut of the nun moth Lymantria monacha.

Amparo C. Martínez-ramírezInmaculada García-roblesN De DeckerCarolina RausellBaltasar EscricheE. Van KerkhoveMaría Dolores Real

subject

BacillaceaebiologyBrush borderfungiBacterial ToxinsBacillus thuringiensisMidgutMothsbiology.organism_classificationdigestive systemBacillalesMicrobiologyLepidoptera genitaliaIntestinesBacillus thuringiensisparasitic diseasesAnimalssense organsMode of actionEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsTransepithelial potential difference

description

Three steps of the proposed mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins have been studied in Lymantria monacha. We demonstrated that only the toxins that caused typical pathological changes in midgut epithelial cells and bound to the midgut brush border membrane were able to drastically reduce the midgut transepithelial voltage of the nun moth.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2000-06-14Journal of invertebrate pathology
10.1006/jipa.2000.4926https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10843836