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Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) cadherin-like protein is putative receptor for Cry3Aa Bacillus thuringiensis toxin

Jeffrey A. Fabrick, jfabrick@wcrl.ars.usda.gov1, Cris Oppert2, Juan-Luis Jurat-Fuentes, jurat@utk.edu2, and Brenda Oppert, bso@ksu.edu3. (1) USDA-ARS U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, 21881 N. Cardon Lane, Maricopa, AZ, (2) University of Tennessee, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, Knoxville, TN, (3) USDA-ARS Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, 1515 College Ave, Manhattan, KS



Species 1: Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Tenebrio molitor (yellow mealworm)
Species 2: Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle)
Species 3: Lepidoptera Gelechiidae Pectinophora gossypiella (pink bollworm)

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