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CERTAIN strains of the insect pathogen Bacillus thuringiensis produce a heat-stable exotoxin which is toxic to species from several orders of insects1,2 and also affects mammals3–5. The exotoxin inhibits ecdysone-stimulated insect RNA polymeras of mice both in vivo6 and in vitro7.
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GRAHAME-SMITH, D., ISAAC, P., HEAL, D. et al. Inhibition of adenyl cyclase by an exotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis. Nature 253, 58–60 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253058a0
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