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Reduced Levels Of Membrane-Bound Alkaline Phosphatase Are Common To Lepidopteran Strains Resistant To Cry Toxins In Bacillus Thuringiensis, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Lohitash Karumbaiah, Sova Rama Krishna Jakka, Changming Ning, Chenxi Liu, Kongming Wu, Jerreme Jackson, Fred Gould, Carlos Blanco, Maribel Portilla, Omaththage Perera, Michael Adang
Reduced Levels Of Membrane-Bound Alkaline Phosphatase Are Common To Lepidopteran Strains Resistant To Cry Toxins In Bacillus Thuringiensis, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Lohitash Karumbaiah, Sova Rama Krishna Jakka, Changming Ning, Chenxi Liu, Kongming Wu, Jerreme Jackson, Fred Gould, Carlos Blanco, Maribel Portilla, Omaththage Perera, Michael Adang
Entomology & Plant Pathology Publications and Other Works
Development 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 of sensitive DNA-based methods to monitor evolution of resistance to Bt toxins in natural populations. We report on the proteomic and genomic detection of reduced levels of midgut membrane-bound alkaline phosphatase (mALP) as a common feature in strains of Cry-resistant Heliothis virescens, Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera frugiperda when compared to susceptible larvae. Reduced levels of H. virescens mALP protein (HvmALP) were detected by two dimensional differential …
The Spatial Epidemiology And Clinical Features Of Reported Cases Of La Crosse Virus Infection In West Virginia From 2003 To 2007, Andrew D. Haddow, Danae Bixler, Agricola Odoi
The Spatial Epidemiology And Clinical Features Of Reported Cases Of La Crosse Virus Infection In West Virginia From 2003 To 2007, Andrew D. Haddow, Danae Bixler, Agricola Odoi
Entomology & Plant Pathology Publications and Other Works
Background
La Crosse virus (LACV) is a major cause of pediatric encephalitis in the United States. Since the mid-1980s, the number of reported cases of LACV infection in West Virginia has continued to rise and the state currently reports the most cases in the United States. The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the spatial epidemiology and clinical presentation of LACV infection cases reported in West Virginia, as well as to provide a description of the environmental conditions present at the residences of the LACV infection cases.
Methods
Descriptive and spatial analyses were performed on LACV infection …