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MeSH Heading: Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins
Tree Number(s): D23.946.123.090
Unique ID: D000083722
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000083722
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): B thuringiensis Toxins; B. thuringiensis Toxins; Bt Toxin; Bt Toxins
Previous Indexing: Bacillus thuringiensis (1986-2020); Endotoxins (1981-2020)
Public MeSH Note: 2021
History Note: 2021
Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M000679657
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins Preferred Term
Term UI T001006336
Date01/28/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); B thuringiensis Toxins
Term UI T001006381
Date01/28/2020
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Bt Toxins
Term UI T001006356
Date01/28/2020
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Bt Toxin
Term UI T001006383
Date01/28/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); B. thuringiensis Toxins
Term UI T001006380
Date01/28/2020
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins MeSH Descriptor Data 2024