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.

Synonyms: Bt Toxins, 0, Toxins, B. thuringiensis, B thuringiensis Toxins, Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins, Toxin, Bt, Bt Toxin, Toxins, B thuringiensis, B. thuringiensis Toxins

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2021

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D000083722

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