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Our ability to directly measure the actual levels of environmental chemicals in human tissues and body fluids using biologic markers (biomarkers) enables scientists to more effectively link exposures to environmental toxins with disability or disease [57].
Also, toxins that have collected at the bottom of the lake would be exposed.
The neurotoxin P2 (35 ammo acids), another short toxin and a structural homologue of short insectotoxin II and 15, shows toxicity towards Sarcophaga falculata and crustaceans [ 26 ] . Chlorotoxin, isolated from Leiurus quinquestriatus haebraeus, shows Cl -channel-blocking activity and causes paralysis due to the inhibition of structurally related anion channels such as the extrajunctional channels of arthropod muscles [ 11 ] . It has also been reported that the short insectotoxin I5A may act on a "glutamate receptor of the postsynaptic membrane" [ 22 ] . Although no specific experimental evidence is available on the mode of action of ButaIT, it is assumed that ButaIT exerts similar ion channel blocking activity as that of other short insect toxins.
The first group contains short toxins (30-40 amino acid residues) with 3-4 disulfide bridges which mainly affect the voltage dependent K +channels and the large conductance calcium activated K +channels [ 5 6 ] . The second group includes long-chain (60-70 amino acids) peptides cross linked by 4 disulfide bridges which mainly have an effect on voltage dependent sodium channels of excitable cells [ 1 2 ] . According to their species selectivity sodium channel toxins have been divided into mammalian and insect toxins.
Progress in research on silkworm receptors for Bt toxins has provided a means for assaying mutant toxins with potentially altered binding and activity.
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