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Food safety assessment of Cry8Ka5 mutant protein using Cry1Ac as a control Bt p...
Farias, Davi Felipe; Viana, Martônio Ponte; Oliveira, Gustavo Ramos; Santos, Vanessa Olinto; Pinto, Clidia Eduarda Moreira; Viana, Daniel AraújoCry8Ka5 is a mutant protein from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that has been proposed for developing trans genic plants due to promising activity against coleopterans, like Anthonomus grandis (the major pest of Brazilian cotton culture). Thus, an early food safety assessment of Cry8Ka5 protein could provide valu able information to support its use as a harmless biotechnological tool. This study aimed to evaluate ...
Crotalus durissus cascavella venom toxicity to mammalian cells
Araújo, Lucelina da Silva; Rocha, Danilo Damasceno; Viana, Daniel Araújo; Silveira, João Alison de Moraes; Vasconcelos-Filho, Francisco Sérgio LopesSnakes from the genus Crotalus gained significant space in the scientific field since the development of researches with their venom involving cytotoxic activity. Crotalus durissus cascavella is the only subspecies recorded of the Caatinga biome of Northeastern Brazil and it’s noticed a lack of studies on its venom properties. The present study evaluated the crude venom of C. d. cascavella for its cytotoxic act...