Proteolysis in the gut of mosquito larvae results in further activation of the Bacillus sphaericus toxin.

Gut proteases from the larvae of the mosquito Culex pipiens convert the 43-kilodalton (kDa) toxin from Bacillus sphaericus 2362 to a 40-kDa peptide. The 50% lethal concentration of this peptide for tissue culture-grown cells of Culex quinquefasciatus was 1.0 microgram/ml (as determined by the intrac...

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Main Authors: Broadwell, A H, Baumann, P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1987
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC203865/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2886104
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