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• Novel real-time PCR based assays for differentiating fall armyworm strains using four single nucleotide polymorphisms.

  Authors:Ashley E. Tessnow, Todd M. Gilligan, Eric Burkness, Caroline Placidi De Bortoli, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Patrick Porter, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 24, 20218,772 words Article 1450LThe fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a polyphagous global pest with a preference for gramineous crops such as corn, sorghum and pasture grasses. This species is comprised of two morphologically identical but...

• Transcriptome Profiling of the Intoxication Response of Tenebrio molitor Larvae to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa Protoxin

  Authors:Brenda Oppert, Scot E. Dowd, Pascal Bouffard, Lewyn Li, Ana Conesa, Marce D. Lorenzen, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 25, 20129,461 words Article 1610LBacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crystal (Cry) proteins are effective against a select number of insect pests, but improvements are needed to increase efficacy and decrease time to mortality for coleopteran pests. To gain...

• Synergism of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins by a fragment of a toxin-binding cadherin

  Authors:Jiang Chen, Gang Hua, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Mohd Amir Abdullah, and Michael J. AdangFrom:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (Vol. 104, Issue 35) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 28, 2007216 words Report

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• Altered glycosylation of 63- and 68-kilodalton microvillar proteins in Heliothis virescens correlates with reduced Cry1 toxin binding, decreased pore formation, and increased resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 toxins

  Authors:Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Fred L. Gould, and Michael J. AdangFrom:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 68, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 200260 words Article

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• Importance of Cry1 beta-endotoxin domain II loops for binding specificity in Heliothis virescens (L.)

  Authors:Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes and Michael J. AdangFrom:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 67, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 200143 words Article

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• Identification of a new cry1I-type gene as a candidate for gene pyramiding in corn to control Ostrinia species larvae

  Authors:Can Zhao, Heba M. Abdelgaffar, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Hongyu Pan, Fuping Song, and Jie ZhangFrom:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 81, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  June 1, 201576 words Report

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• Association of Cry1Ac toxin resistance in Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) with increased alkaline phosphatase levels in the midgut lumen

  Authors:Silvia Caccia, William J. Moar, Jayadevi Chandrashekhar, Cris Oppert, Konasale J. Anilkumar, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, et al.From:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 78, Issue 16) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 201251 words Report

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• The origin of the odorant receptor gene family in insects

  Authors:Philipp Brand, Hugh M Robertson, Wei Lin, Ratnasri Pothula, William E Klingeman, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, et al.From:eLife (Vol. 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 31, 20189,504 words Report 1600LThe origin of the insect odorant receptor (OR) gene family has been hypothesized to have coincided with the evolution of terrestriality in insects. Missbach et al. (2014) suggested that ORs instead evolved with an...

• Generation of a Transcriptome in a Model Lepidopteran Pest, Heliothis virescens, Using Multiple Sequencing Strategies for Profiling Midgut Gene Expression

  Authors:Omaththage P. Perera, Kent S. Shelby, Holly J. R. Popham, Fred Gould, Michael J. Adang, and Juan Luis Jurat-FuentesFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 5, 201511,506 words Article 1620LHeliothine pests such as the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens (F.), pose a significant threat to production of a variety of crops and ornamental plants and are models for developmental and physiological studies. The...

• Comparative molecular analyses of invasive fall armyworm in Togo reveal strong similarities to populations from the eastern United States and the Greater Antilles

  Authors:Rodney N. Nagoshi, Djima Koffi, Komi Agboka, Kodjo Agbeko Tounou, Rahul Banerjee, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 24, 20175,789 words Report 1510LThe fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda, J.E. Smith) is a noctuid moth that is a major and ubiquitous agricultural pest in the Western Hemisphere. Infestations have recently been identified in several locations in...

• Mechanisms of Resistance to Insecticidal Proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis.

  Authors:Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, David G. Heckel, and Juan FerréFrom:Annual Review of Entomology (Vol. 66) Peer-Reviewed

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• Identification of a native Bacillus thuringiensis strain from Sri Lanka active against Dipel-resistant Plutella xylostella

  Authors:Rashini Yasara Baragamaarachchi, Jayanetti Koralage Ramani Radhika Samarasekera, Ovitigala Vithanage Don Sisira Jagathpriya Weerasena, Kurt Lamour, and Juan Luis Jurat-FuentesFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 23, 20196,831 words Article 1510LBackground Biopesticides based on strains of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are used globally for effective and environmentally friendly pest control. The most serious threat to the sustainable use of...

• Alpha-arylphorin is a mitogen in the Heliothis virescens midgut cell secretome upon Cry1Ac intoxication

  Authors:Anais Castagnola, Jerreme Jackson, Omaththage P. Perera, Cris Oppert, Shigetoshi Eda, and Juan Luis Jurat-FuentesFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 3, 20179,385 words Report 1620LInsecticidal crystal (Cry) proteins produced by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) target cells in the midgut epithelium of susceptible larvae. While the mode of action of Cry toxins has been extensively...

• Dominant point mutation in a tetraspanin gene associated with field-evolved resistance of cotton bollworm to transgenic Bt cotton.

  Authors:Lin Jin, Jing Wang, Fang Guan, Jianpeng Zhang, Shan Yu, Shaoyan Liu, et al.From:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (Vol. 115, Issue 46) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 13, 20186,752 words Report 1430L

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• Binding analyses of Bacillus thuringiensis cry delta-endotoxins using brush border membrane vesicles of Ostrinia nubilalis

  Authors:Gang Hua, Luke Masson, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, George Schwab, and Michael J. AdangFrom:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 67, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 200139 words Article

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• Reduced Levels of Membrane-Bound Alkaline Phosphatase Are Common to Lepidopteran Strains Resistant to Cry Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis

  Authors:Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Lohitash Karumbaiah, Siva Rama Krishna Jakka, Changming Ning, Chenxi Liu, Kongming Wu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 1, 20117,827 words Article 1620LDevelopment of insect resistance is one of the main concerns with the use of transgenic crops expressing Cry toxins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. Identification of biomarkers would assist in the development...

• Dual resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa toxins in Heliothis virescens suggests multiple mechanisms of resistance

  Authors:Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Fred L. Gould, and Michael J. AdangFrom:Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Vol. 69, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

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• Identification and functional characterization of a [beta]-glucosidase from Bacillus tequelensis BD69 expressed in bacterial and yeast heterologous systems.

  Authors:Ahmad Raza, Ratnasri Pothula, Heba Abdelgaffar, Saira Bashir, and Juan Luis Jurat-FuentesFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 30, 20207,683 words Article 1530LBackground The identification and characterization of novel [beta]-glucosidase genes has attracted considerable attention because of their valuable use in a variety of industrial applications, ranging from biofuel...

• The digestive system in Zygentoma as an insect model for high cellulase activity

  Authors:Ratnasri Pothula, Derek Shirley, O. P. Perera, William E. Klingeman, Cris Oppert, Heba M. Y. Abdelgaffar, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 28, 20196,906 words Report 1570LThe digestive system of selected phytophagous insects has been examined as a potential prospecting resource for identification of novel cellulolytic enzymes with potential industrial applications. In contrast to other...

• The heliothis virescens cadherin protein expressed in Drosophila S2 cells functions as a receptor for bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A but Cry1Fa toxins

  Authors:Juan Luis &Jurat-Fuentes and Michael J. &AdangFrom:Biochemistry (Vol. 45, Issue 32) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 15, 200645 words Article

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