A novel synthetic Cry1Ab gene resists rice insect pests

• Published in: Genetics and molecular research Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 2394 - 2408
• Main Authors: Song, F S, Ni, D H, Li, H, Duan, Y B, Yang, Y C, Ni, J L, Lu, X Z, Wei, P C, Li, L, Yang, J B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil 03.04.2014
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Bacillus thuringiensis - genetics; Bacterial Proteins - genetics; Endotoxins - genetics; Hemolysin Proteins - genetics; Lepidoptera - pathogenicity; Oryza - genetics; Oryza - growth & development; Pest Control, Biological; Plants, Genetically Modified - genetics; Plants, Genetically Modified - growth & development; Promoter Regions, Genetic

A few insect control genes of Bacillus thuringiensis have been modified successfully to increase the expression in plants by replacing rare codons, increasing GC content, and avoiding the DNA elements that could cause premature transcription termination, mRNA instability, and potential methylation....