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  1. Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa Toxin Resistance in Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor Juan Ferre

  2. Bacterial Vegetative Insecticidal Proteins (Vip) from Entomopathogenic Bacteria

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Juan Ferre

  3. Synergism and Antagonism between Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3A and Cry1 Proteins in Heliothis virescens, Diatraea saccharalis and Spodoptera frugiperda

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2014, PLOS

    Professor Juan Ferre

  4. Proteolytic processing of Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3A proteins by two Spodoptera species

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  5. In VivoandIn VitroBinding of Vip3Aa to Spodoptera frugiperda Midgut and Characterization of Binding Sites by125I Radiolabeling

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Juan Ferre

  6. Different binding sites for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ba and Cry9Ca proteins in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner)

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  7. ABCC transporters mediate insect resistance to multiple Bt toxins revealed by bulk segregant analysis

    Article • BMC Biology, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan Ferre

  8. A screening of five Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3A proteins for their activity against lepidopteran pests

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  9. Midgut aminopeptidase N isoforms from Ostrinia nubilalis: Activity characterization and differential binding to Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  10. Encapsulation of the Bacillus thuringiensis secretable toxins Vip3Aa and Cry1Ia in Pseudomonas fluorescens

    Article • Biological Control, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  11. Shared Midgut Binding Sites for Cry1A.105, Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac and Cry1Fa Proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis in Two Important Corn Pests, Ostrinia nubilalis and Spodoptera frugiperda

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2013, PLOS

    Professor Juan Ferre

  12. Insecticidal activity of Vip3Aa, Vip3Ad, Vip3Ae, and Vip3Af from Bacillus thuringiensis against lepidopteran corn pests

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  13. The transcriptome of Spodoptera exigua larvae exposed to different types of microbes

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  14. Susceptibility of Spodoptera frugiperda and S. exigua to Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa insecticidal protein

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  15. Genome sequence of SeIV-1, a novel virus from the Iflaviridae family infective to Spodoptera exigua

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  16. Cross-resistance and mechanism of resistance to Cry1Ab toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis in a field-derived strain of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, July 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre, Dr Herbert A Siqueira, Professor Eliseu José G Pereira

  17. Quantitative real-time PCR with SYBR Green detection to assess gene duplication in insects: study of gene dosage in Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera) and in Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera)

    Article • BMC Research Notes, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan Ferre

  18. Constitutive Activation of the Midgut Response to Bacillus thuringiensis in Bt-Resistant Spodoptera exigua

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2010, PLOS

    Professor Juan Ferre

  19. Increase in midgut microbiota load induces an apparent immune priming and increases tolerance to Bacillus thuringiensis

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2010, Wiley

    Professor Juan Ferre

  20. Binding Site Alteration Is Responsible for Field-Isolated Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2A Insecticidal Proteins in Two Helicoverpa Species

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2010, PLOS

    Professor Juan Ferre

  21. Enhancing the multiplication of nucleopolyhedrovirus in vitro by manipulation of the pH

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, November 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  22. Ecological distribution and characterization of four collections of Bacillus thuringiensis strains

    Article • Journal of Basic Microbiology, April 2009, Wiley

    Professor Juan Ferre

  23. Broad‐spectrum cross‐resistance in Spodoptera exigua from selection with a marginally toxic Cry protein

    Article • Pest Management Science, March 2009, Wiley

    Professor Juan Ferre

  24. Variability in the cadherin gene in an Ostrinia nubilalis strain selected for Cry1Ab resistance

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre, Dr Herbert A Siqueira

  25. Binding of individual Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins to the olive moth Prays oleae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  26. Field-evolved resistance to Bt toxins

    Article • Nature Biotechnology, October 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan Ferre

  27. Susceptibility of Spodoptera exigua to 9 toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  28. Insecticidal Genetically Modified Crops and Insect Resistance Management (IRM)

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan Ferre

  29. Selective inhibition of binding of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin to cadherin-like and aminopeptidase proteins in brush-border membranes and dissociated epithelial cells from Bombyx mori

    Article • Biochemical Journal, January 2008, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Juan Ferre

  30. Leucine Transport Is Affected by Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 Toxins in Brush Border Membrane Vesicles from Ostrinia nubilalis Hb (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Sesamia nonagrioides Lefebvre (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Midgut

    Article • The Journal of Membrane Biology, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan Ferre

  31. Isolation and toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis from potato-growing areas in Bolivia

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, January 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  32. Mutations in the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ca toxin demonstrate the role of domains II and III in specificity towards Spodoptera exigua larvae

    Article • Biochemical Journal, December 2004, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Juan Ferre

  33. Binding analyses of Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac with membrane vesicles from Bacillus thuringiensis-resistant and -susceptible Ostrinia nubilalis

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, October 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  34. Lyophilization of lepidopteran midguts: a preserving method for Bacillus thuringiensis toxin binding studies

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, March 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  35. Binding of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in resistant and susceptible strains of pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella)

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, September 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  36. Correlation between serovars of Bacillus thuringiensis and type I β-exotoxin production

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, January 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  37. BIOCHEMISTRY ANDGENETICS OFINSECTRESISTANCE TOBACILLUS THURINGIENSIS

    Article • Annual Review of Entomology, January 2002, Annual Reviews

    Professor Juan Ferre

  38. Comparison of Different Methodologies for Binding Assays of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins to Membrane Vesicles from Insect Midguts

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, November 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  39. Screening for Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Proteins Active against the Cabbage Looper, Trichoplusia ni

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, July 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  40. Binding and Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis Protein Cry1C to Susceptible and Resistant Diamondback Moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

    Article • Journal of Economic Entomology, February 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Juan Ferre

  41. Insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal proteins

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan Ferre

  42. Mode of inheritance and stability of resistance toBacillus thuringiensis varkurstaki in a diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) population from Malaysia

    Article • Pest Management Science, January 2000, Wiley

    Professor Juan Ferre

  43. Histopathological Effects and Growth Reduction in a Susceptible and a Resistant Strain of Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Caused by Sublethal Doses of Pure Cry1A Crystal Proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis

    Article • Biocontrol Science and Technology, June 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Juan Ferre

  44. Distribution of cryl, cryll and cryV Genes within Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates from Spain

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, May 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  45. Environmental Distribution and Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis in Spain

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, March 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  46. Distribution, frequency and diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis in olive tree environments in Spain

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, November 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  47. Occurrence of a common binding site in Mamestra brassicae, Phthorimaea operculella, and Spodoptera exigua for the insecticidal crystal proteins CryIA from Bacillus thuringiensis

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, July 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  48. Analysis of pteridines inPyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (heteroptera, pyrrhocoridae) during development and in body-color mutants

    Article • Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, January 1997, Wiley

    Professor Juan Ferre

  49. Analysis of pteridines in Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (heteroptera, pyrrhocoridae) during development and in body‐color mutants

    Article • Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, January 1997, Wiley

    Professor Juan Ferre

  50. Bacillus thuringiensisCrystal Proteins CRY1Ab and CRY1Fa Share a High Affinity Binding Site inPlutella xylostella(L.)

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, July 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  51. Identification of pteridines in the firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (Heteroptera, Pyrrhocoridae) by high -performance liquid chromatography

    Article • Journal of Chromatography A, February 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  52. Characterization of sepiapterin reductase activity from Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  53. Testing Suitability of Brush Border Membrane Vesicles Prepared from Whole Larvae from Small Insects for Binding Studies with Bacillus thuringiensis CrylA(b) Crystal Protein

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, May 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  54. Inheritance of resistance to a Bacillus thuringiensis toxin in a field population of diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)

    Article • Pesticide Science, February 1995, Wiley

    Professor Juan Ferre

  55. Lack of cross‐resistance to otherBacillus thuringiensiscrystal proteins in a population ofPlutella xylostellahighly resistant to cryia(b)

    Article • Biocontrol Science and Technology, January 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Juan Ferre

  56. A comparative study of Drosphila phenylalanine hydroxylase with a natural and a synthetic tetrahydropterin as cofactor

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry, November 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  57. Developmental and biochemical studies on the phenylalanine hydroxylation system in Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, October 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  58. Catecholamines in drosophila melanogaster: DOPA and dopamine accumulation during development

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, July 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  59. Analysis of kynurenine transaminase activity in Drosophila by high performance liquid chromatography

    Article • Insect Biochemistry, January 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  60. Proposal towards a Normalization of Pteridine Nomenclature

    Article • Pteridines, September 1990, De Gruyter

    Professor Juan Ferre

  61. Repetitive recycling of guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I for synthesis of dihydroneopterin triphosphate

    Article • Analytical Biochemistry, January 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  62. Sepiapterin reductase in human amniotic and skin fibroblasts, chorionic villi, and various blood fractions

    Article • Clinica Chimica Acta, June 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  63. Identification of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin and 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin in Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, April 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  64. Sepiapterin reductase in cultured human cells

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  65. Purification of guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I from Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Chromatography A, January 1986, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  66. Nickel complexes of sepiapterin and 6-acetyldihydrohomopterin, a pyrimidodiazepine from Drosophila

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, December 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre

  67. Use of reversed-phase C18 Sep-Pak cartridges for the purification and concentration of sepiapterin and other pteridines

    Article • Journal of Chromatography A, January 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Ferre