Chemicals and Drugs

Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins

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.

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Abstract

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.

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7 entry terms
  • B thuringiensis Toxins
  • B. thuringiensis Toxins
  • Bt Toxin
  • Bt Toxins
  • Toxin, Bt
  • Toxins, B thuringiensis
  • Toxins, B. thuringiensis

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28 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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History Note

2021

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Previous Indexing

  • Bacillus thuringiensis (1986-2020)
  • Endotoxins (1981-2020)

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  1. D23.946w.123.090

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000083722. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000083722
  2. Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112869669