A neurotoxin that specifically targets Anopheles mosquitoes
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10732-w
Abstract: Clostridial neurotoxins, including tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins, generally target vertebrates. We show here that this family of toxins has a much broader host spectrum, by identifying PMP1, a clostridial-like neurotoxin that selectively targets anopheline mosquitoes.… read more here.
Keywords: targets anopheles; bifermentans strains; anopheles mosquitoes; specifically targets ... See more keywords