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Mexico
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
69
Citations
20885
World Ranking
2011
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Alejandra Bravo is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions also in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine.

Their subfields of expertise include Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Plant Science, Surgery, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics covered in their work focus on Insect Resistance and Genetics, Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect Pest Control Strategies, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, and Genetically Modified Organisms Research.

Recent papers by Alejandra Bravo include:

  • Bacterial Toxins Active against Mosquitoes: Mode of Action and Resistance (2021, Toxins)
  • Encapsulation Strategies for Bacillus thuringiensis: From Now to the Future (2021, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry)
  • The regulation landscape of MAPK signaling cascade for thwarting Bacillus thuringiensis infection in an insect host (2021, PLoS Pathogens)
  • Two ABC transporters are differentially involved in the toxicity of two Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 toxins to the invasive crop-pest Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (2020, Pest Management Science)
  • The CRISPR-Cas systems were selectively inactivated during evolution of Bacillus cereus group for adaptation to diverse environments (2020, The ISME Journal)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mário Soberón
  • Joan Palou
  • Alberto Breda
  • Isabel Gómez
  • Sabino Pacheco

Alejandra Bravo has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Toxins (7 publications)
  • The Journal of Urology (6 publications)
  • PLoS Pathogens (5 publications)
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (4 publications)
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry and Cyt toxins and their potential for insect control.

    Alejandra Bravo;Sarjeet S. Gill;Mario Soberón

  • Bacillus thuringiensis: A story of a successful bioinsecticide

    Alejandra Bravo;Supaporn Likitvivatanavong;Sarjeet S. Gill;Mario Soberón

  • How Bacillus thuringiensis has evolved specific toxins to colonize the insect world

    Ruud A. de Maagd;Alejandra Bravo;Neil Crickmore

  • RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design

    Olle Terenius;Alexie Papanicolaou;Alexie Papanicolaou;Jennie S. Garbutt;Ioannis Eleftherianos

  • Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal three‐domain Cry toxins: mode of action, insect resistance and consequences for crop protection

    Liliana Pardo-López;Mario Soberón;Alejandra Bravo

  • Structure, diversity and evolution of protein toxins from spore-forming entomopathogenic bacteria

    Ruud A. de Maagd;Alejandra Bravo;Colin Berry;Neil Crickmore

  • Characterization of cry Genes in a Mexican Bacillus thuringiensis Strain Collection

    Alejandra Bravo;Sergio Sarabia;Lorena Lopez;Hernesto Ontiveros

  • Oligomerization triggers binding of a Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab pore-forming toxin to aminopeptidase N receptor leading to insertion into membrane microdomains

    A. Bravo;Isabel Gomez Gomez;J. Conde;C. Muñoz-Garay

  • How to cope with insect resistance to Bt toxins

    Alejandra Bravo;Mario Soberón

  • Evolution of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins insecticidal activity

    Alejandra Bravo;Isabel Gómez;Helena Porta;Blanca Ines García-Gómez

  • Engineering modified Bt toxins to counter insect resistance.

    Mario Soberón;Liliana Pardo-López;Idalia López;Isabel Gomez Gomez

  • Cadherin-like receptor binding facilitates proteolytic cleavage of helix α-1 in domain I and oligomer pre-pore formation of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin

    Isabel Gomez Gomez;Jorge Sánchez;Raúl Miranda;Alejandra Bravo

  • Signaling versus punching hole: How do Bacillus thuringiensis toxins kill insect midgut cells?

    M. Soberón;S. S. Gill;A. Bravo

  • Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Cyt1Aa synergizes Cry11Aa toxin by functioning as a membrane-bound receptor.

    Claudia Pérez;Luisa E. Fernandez;Jianguang Sun;Jorge Luis Folch

  • Specific PCR primers directed to identify cryI and cryIII genes within a Bacillus thuringiensis strain collection.

    J Cerón;A Ortíz;R Quintero;L Güereca

  • Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis strains from Latin America with insecticidal activity against different mosquito species

    Jorge E. Ibarra;M. Cristina del Rincón;Sergio Ordúz;David Noriega

  • 6.6 – Bacillus thuringiensis: Mechanisms and Use

    A. Bravo;M. Soberón

  • Phylogenetic relationships of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin family proteins and their functional domains.

    Alejandra Bravo

  • A GPI-anchored alkaline phosphatase is a functional midgut receptor of Cry11Aa toxin in Aedes aegypti larvae.

    Luisa E. Fernandez;Karlygash G. Aimanova;Sarjeet S. Gill;Alejandra Bravo

  • Role of Alkaline Phosphatase from Manduca sexta in the Mechanism of Action of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab Toxin

    Iván Arenas;Alejandra Bravo;Mario Soberón;Isabel Gómez

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Soberón
Mario Soberón National Autonomous University of Mexico
Sarjeet S. Gill
Sarjeet S. Gill University of California, Riverside
Bruce E. Tabashnik
Bruce E. Tabashnik University of Arizona
Didier Lereclus
Didier Lereclus University of Paris-Saclay
Kongming Wu
Kongming Wu Zhengzhou University
Luke Masson
Luke Masson National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Alberto Darszon
Alberto Darszon National Autonomous University of Mexico
Dwayne D. Hegedus
Dwayne D. Hegedus Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Roland Brousseau
Roland Brousseau National Research Council Canada
Youjun Zhang
Youjun Zhang Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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