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The human cancer cell active toxin Cry41Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis acts like its insecticidal counterparts.
The Biochemical journal - 28 Apr 2017
Krishnan Vidisha, Domanska Barbara, Elhigazi Alicia, Afolabi Fatai, West Michelle J, Crickmore Neil
Abstract excerpt
Understanding how certain protein toxins from the normally insecticidal bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) target human cell lines has implications for both the risk assessment of products containing these toxins and potentially for cancer therapy. This understanding requires knowledge of whether the human cell active toxins work by the same mechanism as their insecticidal counterparts or by alternative ones....
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