A neurotoxin that specifically targets Anopheles mosquitoes

A neurotoxin that specifically targets Anopheles mosquitoes

So far identified clostridial neurotoxins target vertebrates. Here, Contreras et al. isolate the clostridial-like neurotoxin PMP1 from Paraclostridium bifermentans strains and show that it selectively targets anopheline mosquitoes by targeting mosquito syntaxin.

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Main Authors: Estefania Contreras, Geoffrey Masuyer, Nadia Qureshi, Swati Chawla, Harpal S. Dhillon, Han Lim Lee, Jianwu Chen, Pål Stenmark, Sarjeet S. Gill
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/6b5342a9ac424bdc98b2c66bd095f819
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Summary:So far identified clostridial neurotoxins target vertebrates. Here, Contreras et al. isolate the clostridial-like neurotoxin PMP1 from Paraclostridium bifermentans strains and show that it selectively targets anopheline mosquitoes by targeting mosquito syntaxin.

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