Bacillus thuringiensis crystal proteins that target nematodes

JZ Wei, K Hale, L Carta, E Platzer… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crystal proteins are pore-forming toxins used as insecticides around
the world. Previously, the extent to which these proteins might also target the invertebrate …

Finding generators for Markov chains via empirical transition matrices, with applications to credit ratings

RB Israel, JS Rosenthal, JZ Wei - Mathematical finance, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… They also thank David Lando for his communications with Jason Wei on the topic. Jeffrey
Rosenthal acknowledges financial support by NSERC, and Jason Wei acknowledges financial …

Impacts of climate change and human activities on grassland vegetation variation in the Chinese Loess Plateau

K Zheng, JZ Wei, JY Pei, H Cheng, XL Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
China initiated the “Grain for Green Project” in 1999 to mitigate soil erosion. The vegetation
cover of the Chinese Loess Plateau, one of the most erosive regions in the world, has been …

Resistance to root‐knot nematode in tomato roots expressing a nematicidal Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein

XQ Li, JZ Wei, A Tan, RV Aroian - Plant biotechnology journal, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Our laboratory has demonstrated previously that Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crystal (Cry)
proteins present in the Cry5 and Cry6 subclades intoxicate free‐living nematodes. In this study, …

Effect of different functional groups on photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in covalent‐organic frameworks

…, YH Yao, DQ Liu, LL Bai, FM Zhang, JZ Wei… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Covalent‐organic frameworks (COFs) have been recognized as a new type of promising
photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. To investigate how different functional groups attached …

Postsynthetic modification of ZIF-90 for potential targeted codelivery of two anticancer drugs

…, XJ Sun, M Liu, DD Yang, X Liu, JZ Wei - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Combination therapy has been regarded as a promising strategy for cancer treatment due
to the enhanced anticancer efficacy achieved by blocking multiple drug resistance pathways. …

Boosting visible-light hydrogen evolution of covalent-organic frameworks by introducing Ni-based noble metal-free co-catalyst

…, X Zhang, HL Tang, JW Liu, JH Wang, JZ Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Covalent-organic frameworks (COFs) have been recognized as an emerging type of
photocatalysts for H 2 evolution and some of them have shown really outstanding photocatalytic …

A selective insecticidal protein from Pseudomonas for controlling corn rootworms

U Schellenberger, J Oral, BA Rosen, JZ Wei, G Zhu… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The coleopteran insect western corn rootworm (WCR) (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte)
is a devastating crop pest in North America and Europe. Although crop plants that produce …

Covalent organic framework based WO3@ COF/rGO for efficient visible-light-driven H2 evolution by two-step separation mode

…, YH Liu, Y Yang, HY Zhang, XR Liu, JZ Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a new type of visible-light-driven photocatalysts,
while effectively improving the separation and transfer of light-induced charges is of the key …

Covalent-organic framework based Z-scheme heterostructured noble-metal-free photocatalysts for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution

…, H Dong, MY Gao, CC Li, XJ Sun, JZ Wei… - Journal of materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The construction of a Z-scheme heterostructured system is an effective way to improve the
separation of photogenerated electrons–holes and the hydrogen evolution activity of …