Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

CYP6AE gene cluster knockout in Helicoverpa armigera reveals role in detoxification of phytochemicals and insecticides

  • Huidong Wang,
  • Yu Shi,
  • Lu Wang,
  • Shuai Liu,
  • Shuwen Wu,
  • Yihua Yang,
  • René Feyereisen,
  • Yidong Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07226-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Cotton bollworm is an important agricultural pest with widespread resistance to insecticides. Here Wang et al. identifies CYP6AEs from cotton bollworm involved in detoxifying plant toxins and chemical insecticides through the CRISPR-Cas9-based reverse genetics approach in conjunction with in vitro metabolism.