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Cry proteins (crystal proteins) is a toxin coded by the cry gene and is poisonous to some insects thus giving resistance to the plants. The gene producing cry proteins is transferred to the crop to resists it against the insect larvae. Some of the transgenic varieties of plants developed by transferring these genes to the crops are Bt cotton and Bt corn.
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