Mario Soberón

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

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

  1759
  Citations

• Bacillus thuringiensis: A story of a successful bioinsecticide

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

  1351
  Citations

• 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

  920
  Citations

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

  Liliana Pardo-López;Mario Soberón;Alejandra Bravo

  818
  Citations

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

  Alejandra Bravo;Sergio Sarabia;Lorena Lopez;Hernesto Ontiveros

  592
  Citations

• 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

  529
  Citations

• How to cope with insect resistance to Bt toxins

  Alejandra Bravo;Mario Soberón

  383
  Citations

• Evolution of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins insecticidal activity

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

  369
  Citations

• Engineering modified Bt toxins to counter insect resistance.

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

  349
  Citations

• 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

  347
  Citations

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

  M. Soberón;S. S. Gill;A. Bravo

  328
  Citations

• A conserved RNA structure (thi box) is involved in regulation of thiamin biosynthetic gene expression in bacteria

  Juan Miranda-Ríos;Margarito Navarro;Mario Soberón

  303
  Citations

• 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

  277
  Citations

• 6.6 – Bacillus thuringiensis: Mechanisms and Use

  A. Bravo;M. Soberón

  224
  Citations

• 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

  211
  Citations

• 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

  211
  Citations

• Heliothis virescens and Manduca sexta lipid rafts are involved in Cry1A toxin binding to the midgut epithelium and subsequent pore formation.

  Meibao Zhuang;Daniela I. Oltean;Isabel Gómez;Ashok K. Pullikuth

  205
  Citations

• Strategies to improve the insecticidal activity of Cry toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis.

  L. Pardo-López;C. Muñoz-Garay;H. Porta;C. Rodríguez-Almazán

  186
  Citations

• Efficacy of genetically modified Bt toxins against insects with different genetic mechanisms of resistance

  Bruce E. Tabashnik;Fangneng P. Huang;Mukti N. Ghimire;B. Rogers Leonard

  179
  Citations

• Single Amino Acid Mutations in the Cadherin Receptor from Heliothis virescens Affect Its Toxin Binding Ability to Cry1A Toxins

  Ruiyu Xie;Meibao Zhuang;Linda S. Ross;Isabel Gomez

  169
  Citations