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SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Luna MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3721636 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fernandez-Luna Maria Teresa MT Lanz-Mendoza Humberto H Gill Sarjeet S SS Bravo Alejandra A Soberon Mario M Miranda-Rios Juan J
Environmental microbiology 20091204 3
Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. israelensis (Bti) produces four Cry toxins (Cry4Aa, Cry4Ba, Cry10Aa and Cry11Aa), and two Cyt proteins (Cyt1Aa and Cyt2Ba), toxic to mosquito-larvae of the genus Aedes, Anopheles and Culex, important human disease vectors that transmit dengue virus, malaria and filarial parasites respectively. Previous work showed that Bti is highly toxic to Anopheles albimanus, the main vector for transmission of malaria in Mexico. In this work, we analysed the toxicity of isolated C ...[more]