extracellular toxin
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Toxin — One of a number of poisons produced by certain plants, animals, and bacteria. The term toxin is frequently used to refer specifically to a particular protein produced by some higher plants, animals and pathogenic (disease causing) bacteria. A… … Medical dictionary
Toxin — This article is about the class of poisonous substances. For other uses, see Toxin (disambiguation). Universal warning symbol used to indicate toxic substances or environments A toxin (from Ancient Greek: τοξικόν toxikon) is a poisonous… … Wikipedia
Anthrax toxin — refers to three proteins secreted by virulent strains of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis . These three proteins act together in a synergistic way in which they are endocytosed and translocated into the cytoplasm of a macrophage, where it… … Wikipedia
Botulinum toxin — Clinical data Pregnancy cat. ? Legal status ? (US) Rout … Wikipedia
Diphtheria toxin — Diphtheria toxin, C domain complex of diphtheria toxin and heparin binding epidermal growth factor Identifiers Symbol Diphtheria C Pfam … Wikipedia
Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin — Crystal structure of Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin Identifiers Symbol ? … Wikipedia
Cholera toxin — (sometimes abbreviated to CTX, Ctx, or CT) is a protein complex secreted by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.[1][2] CTX is responsible for the massive, watery diarrhea characteristic of cholera infection. Contents 1 Structure … Wikipedia
Clostridium difficile toxin B — cytotoxin Structure of C. difficile glucosyl transferase Toxin B showing UDP and glusose from PDB entry 2BVM [1] Identifiers … Wikipedia
Clostridium difficile toxin A — is a toxin generated by Clostridium difficile.[1] It is similar to Clostridium difficile Toxin B. It is usually described as a enterotoxin,[2] but it also has some activity as a cytotoxin.[3] References … Wikipedia
plant toxin — noun any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin • Syn: ↑phytotoxin • Hypernyms: ↑toxin • Hyponyms: ↑nicotine, ↑strychnine, ↑brucine, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
