Electrical hypothesis of toxicity of the Cry toxins for mosquito larvae

Many electrical properties of insect larval guts have been studied, but their importance for toxicity of the Cry-type toxins has never been reported in the literature. In the present work, we observed potential-dependent permeabilization of plasma membrane by several polycationic peptides derived fr...

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Main Authors: Victor V. Lemeshko, Sergio Orduz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Portland Press, Biochemical Society 2013-01-01
Series:Bioscience Reports
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Online Access:http://www.bioscirep.org/bsr/033/e012/bsr033e012.htm