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Factors Affecting Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis Genes in Transgenic Plants
Mei-Zhen Lu, Hai-Rui Cui*, Yan-Ling Yao, Ya Xin
Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
Abstract: The insecticidal crystal protein gene from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is the most widely used resource in plant engineering for insect resistance to date. There are many factors affecting Bt gene expression， elucidating their effects is important to acquire stable and high expression of Bt gene in transgenic plants. Effects of main factors on Bt gene expression， such as the expression cassette of Bt gene， plant development， external environmental conditions， genetic background of receptors and integration site in plant genome， and Bt gene silence were reviewed in the paper.
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