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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Autores principales: Estefania Contreras, Geoffrey Masuyer, Nadia Qureshi, Swati Chawla, Harpal S. Dhillon, Han Lim Lee, Jianwu Chen, Pål Stenmark, Sarjeet S. Gill
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6b5342a9ac424bdc98b2c66bd095f8192021-12-02T16:50:59ZA neurotoxin that specifically targets Anopheles mosquitoes10.1038/s41467-019-10732-w2041-1723https://doaj.org/article/6b5342a9ac424bdc98b2c66bd095f8192019-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10732-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723So 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.Estefania ContrerasGeoffrey MasuyerNadia QureshiSwati ChawlaHarpal S. DhillonHan Lim LeeJianwu ChenPål StenmarkSarjeet S. GillNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
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Estefania Contreras
Geoffrey Masuyer
Nadia Qureshi
Swati Chawla
Harpal S. Dhillon
Han Lim Lee
Jianwu Chen
Pål Stenmark
Sarjeet S. Gill
A neurotoxin that specifically targets Anopheles mosquitoes
description 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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author Estefania Contreras
Geoffrey Masuyer
Nadia Qureshi
Swati Chawla
Harpal S. Dhillon
Han Lim Lee
Jianwu Chen
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Sarjeet S. Gill
author_facet Estefania Contreras
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Swati Chawla
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Han Lim Lee
Jianwu Chen
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title A neurotoxin that specifically targets Anopheles mosquitoes
title_short A neurotoxin that specifically targets Anopheles mosquitoes
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