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− | <p><strong> 1. Verifying the Expression and Secretion Proficiency of Cry3A-like Toxin</strong></p>
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− | <p> <figcaption><strong> Figure 1: </strong>Construction of pET30a-OmpA-Cry3A-like toxin </figcaption></p>
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− | The pET-30(a)-OmpA-Cry3A-like toxin (E.coli BL21(DE3)) was cultured overnight in LB medium. The following day, the culture was subjected to transformation, and IPTG induction was carried out for 3 hours. Subsequently, the culture was centrifuged at 6,000 rpm for 10 minutes to separate the cell pellet and the supernatant. Afterward, both fractions were subjected to SDS-PAGE analysis (as shown in Figure 2)
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− | We retrieved the amino acid sequence of the cadherin-like protein BT-R1 [ 2 ] from Manduca sexta in the NCBI database, which has been identified to interact with Bt Cry protein, and paired it with its homologous protein cadherin-23 in S.invicta using blast.
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