MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : B. thuringiensis Toxins; Toxins, B. thuringiensis; Bt Toxin; Toxin, Bt; B thuringiensis Toxins; Toxins, B thuringiensis; Bt 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.