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  1. The Future of Bt Proteins: From Pore Formation and Insect Resistance to the Next Generation of Pest Control

    Article • Toxins, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Mario Soberon

  2. Evolutionary selection of trimethoprim-resistant dfrA genes in lytic phages affects phage and host fitness during infection

    Article • Science Advances, September 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Mario Soberon

  3. Large-scale protein interactome reveals lineage-specific genes driving plant-parasitic nematode adaptive innovations

    Article • Science Advances, August 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Mario Soberon

  4. ABC transporters knockout in Aedes aegypti induces upregulation of paralogous genes, avoiding resistance development to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins

    Article • PLOS One, July 2025, PLOS

    Professor Mario Soberon

  5. Can microbial‐based insecticides replace chemical pesticides in agricultural production?

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, July 2023, Wiley

    Professor Mario Soberon

  6. Development of an Online Genome Sequence Comparison Resource for Bacillus cereus sensu lato Strains Using the Efficient Composition Vector Method

    Article • Toxins, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Mario Soberon

  7. Mining versus in vitro evolution for the selection of novel microbial insecticidal proteins

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, August 2022, Wiley

    Professor Mario Soberon

  8. Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac Protoxin and Activated Toxin Exert Differential Toxicity Due to a Synergistic Interplay of Cadherin with ABCC Transporters in the Cotton Bollworm

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2022, ASM Journals

    Professor Mario Soberon

  9. Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab Domain III β-22 Mutants with Enhanced Toxicity to Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2020, ASM Journals

    Professor Mario Soberon

  10. Rearrangement of N-Terminal α-Helices of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab Toxin Essential for Oligomer Assembly and Toxicity

    Article • Toxins, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Mario Soberon

  11. Characterization of Two Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Cry8 Toxins Reveal Differential Specificity of Protoxins or Activated Toxins against Chrysomeloidea Coleopteran Superfamily

    Article • Toxins, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Mario Soberon

  12. The Cadherin Protein Is Not Involved in Susceptibility to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab or Cry1Fa Toxins in Spodoptera frugiperda

    Article • Toxins, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Mario Soberon

  13. The Cadherin Cry1Ac Binding-Region is Necessary for the Cooperative Effect with ABCC2 Transporter Enhancing Insecticidal Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac Toxin

    Article • Toxins, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Mario Soberon

  14. Enhancement of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa Toxicity to Spodoptera frugiperda by Domain III Mutations Indicates There Are Two Limiting Steps in Toxicity as Defined by Receptor Binding and Protein Stability

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Mario Soberon

  15. Cell lines as models for the study of Cry toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Mario Soberon

  16. Efficient Production of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1AMod Toxins under Regulation ofcry3AaPromoter and Single Cysteine Mutations in the Protoxin Region

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Mario Soberon