NEETBiologyBiotechnology and Its ApplicationsMCQ+4 / −1
Bacillus thuringiensis forms protein crystals
which contain insecticidal protein. This protein :
- Ais activated by acid pH of the foregut of the insect pest.
- Bbinds with epithelial cells of midgut of the insect pest ultimately killing it
- Cis coded by several genes including the gene cry
- Ddoes not kill the carrier bacterium which is itself resistant to this toxin
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