Publications by authors named "Mariana Quezado de Magalhaes"

The study of circulating peptides in the blood offers significant opportunities for diagnosing, stratifying, and managing various diseases. With recent technological advances and the ongoing need to understand complex diseases such as acute leukemias (AL), peptidomic analysis of peripheral blood, especially serum and plasma, has become increasingly important for studying human biology and pathophysiology. Here, we provide insights and perspectives on technological developments and potential clinical applications using widely used peptidomic analysis methods.

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The Cry1Ia12 entomotoxin from a Brazilian Bacillus thuringiensis strain is currently being expressed in cotton cultivars to confer resistance to insect-pests. The present study aimed to assess the effects of a diet containing Cry1Ia12 protein on growing rats. A test diet containing egg white and Cry1Ia12 (0.

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Different isolates of the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis produce multiple crystal (Cry) proteins toxic to a variety of insects, nematodes and protozoans. These insecticidal Cry toxins are known to be active against specific insect orders, being harmless to mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. Due to these characteristics, genes encoding several Cry toxins have been engineered in order to be expressed by a variety of crop plants to control insectpests.

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