A BACTERIAL BINARY TOXIN SYSTEM THAT KILLS BOTH INSECTS AND AQUATIC CRUSTACEANS: PHOTORHABDUS INSECT-RELATED TOXINS A AND B.

A bacterial binary toxin system that kills both insects and aquatic crustaceans: Photorhabdus insect-related toxins A and B.

Photorhabdus insect-related toxins A and B (PirA and PirB) were first recognized as insecticidal toxins from Photorhabdus luminescens.However, subsequent studies showed that their homologs from Vibrio parahaemolyticus also play critical roles in the pathogenesis of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimps.Based on the structural f

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Community-based transconjunctival marginal rotation for cicatricial trachoma in Indians from the Upper Rio Negro basin

The objective of the present study was to describe, for the first time in Brazil, the use by a non-ophthalmologist of a community-based marginal rotation procedure by a posterior approach in the indigenous population from the Upper Rio Negro basin.Seventy-three upper eyelids of 46 Indians (11 males and 35 females) with cicatricial upper eyelid entr

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