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INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 39, 期 3, 页码 218-223出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.11.005
关键词
Bacillus thuringiensis; Insect resistance; European corn borer; Toxin receptors; Pest control; Cry toxins; Laboratory selection; Polygenic inheritance
资金
- Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia [AGL2006-11914]
- European FEDER
Transgenic corn expressing Cry1Ab (a Bacillus thuringiensis toxin) is highly effective in the control of Ostrinia nubilalis. For its toxic action, Cry1Ab has to bind to specific insect midgut proteins To date in., three Lepidoptera species resistance to a Cry1Ab toxin has been conferred by Mull in cadherin, a protein of the Lepidoptera midgut membrane. The implication of cadherin in the resistance of an Ostrinia nubilalis colony (Europe-R) selected with Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab protoxin was investigated. Several major mutations in the cadherin (cdh) gene were found, Which introduced premature termination codons and/or large deletions (ranging from 1383 to 1701 bp). The contribution of these major mutations to the resistance was analyzed in resistant individuals that survived exposure to a high concentration of Cry1Ab protoxin. The result!; indicated that the presence of major mutations was drastically reduced in individuals that survived exposure. previous inheritance experiments with the Europe-R strain indicated the involvement of more than one genetic locus and reduced amounts of the cadherin receptor. The results of the present work support a polygenic inheritance of resistance in the Europe-R strain ill which, mutations in the cdh gene Would contribute to resistance by means of an additive effect. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All Fights reserved.
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