Encyclopedia results for Toxin

1. Toxin
   toxins and other materials, as well as their effects, see poison . toxicology A toxin Greek ... usually minor and acute as in a bee Stinger sting to almost immediately deadly as in botulinum toxin ..
   
   
   
2. Alpha toxin
   Alpha Toxin or alpha toxin refers to several different toxins produced by bacteria, which belong to Zinc dependent phospholipase C family. Alpha toxin may be Staphylococcus aureus alpha toxin , a membrane ..
   
   
   
3. Toxin (disambiguation)
   Toxin can have several meanings that relate to toxin , or poison Toxin novel is a 1998 in literature 1998 novel by Robin Cook novelist Robin Cook Toxin comics , a fictional character by Marvel Comics universe ..
   
   
   
4. Diphtheria toxin
   Diphtheria toxin is an exotoxin secreted by Corynebacterium diphtheriae , the pathogen bacteria bacterium that causes diphtheria . Structure Diphtheria toxin is a single polypeptide chain of 535 amino ..
   
   
   
5. AB5 toxin
   Image Cholera Toxin.png 300px right thumb Cholera toxin, an AB5 toxin. the A subunit is red and orange ... ref Structure and mechanism A complete AB sub 5 sub toxin complex contains six protein units. Five ..
   
   
   
6. Shiga toxin
   Shiga toxins are a family of related exotoxin toxin s with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, whose genes ... caused by Shigella dysenteriae . The most common sources for Shiga toxin are the bacteria ..
   
   
   
7. Pertussis toxin
   Pertussis toxin PT is a protein based AB5 toxin AB sub 5 sub type exotoxin produced by the bacterium ..., ref name Kost 1999 cite journal author Kost C, Herzer W, Li P, Jackson E title Pertussis toxin sensitive ..
   
   
   
8. Anthrax toxin
   Anthrax toxin refers to three protein proteins secreted by virulent strains of the bacteria Bacillus ... of a tripartite toxin. This toxin is composed of three proteins the protective antigen PA , the edema ..
   
   
   
9. Cholera toxin
   Image Cholera Toxin.png 300px right thumb Cholera toxin. the A subunit is red and orange the B subunit ... tail of the A2 chain. Cholera toxin sometimes abbreviated to CTX , Ctx , or CT is a protein complex ..
   
   
   
10. Botulinum toxin
    ,SC, intradermal, into glands Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium ... Kerner described botulinium toxin, using the terms sausage poison and fatty poison ref cite ..
    
    
    
11. Toxin (comics)
    Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image Image TOXIN3.jpg 250px caption Toxin br Art by Simon Bisley . comic color background ff8080 character name Toxin real name Patrick Mulligan publisher Marvel ..
    
    
    
12. Toxin (novel)
    infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Toxin title orig translator ... Toxin is the 1998 suspense thriller book written by Robin Cook novelist Robin Cook . Plot summary ..
    
    
    
13. Spider toxin
    Pfam box Symbol Toxin 9 Name Spider toxin image width caption Pfam PF02819 InterPro IPR004169 SMART Prosite ... 1vtx PDB PDB3 1vtx 1 42 PDB3 1qdp 1 42 Pfam box Symbol SPIDER CSTX Name Spider toxin CSTX family ..
    
    
    
14. Scorpion toxin
    Pfam box Symbol Toxin 3 Name Scorpion long chain toxin image width caption Pfam PF00537 InterPro IPR002061 ... 1i6f A 1 49 PDB3 1nh5 A 1 49 PDB3 1jxc A 28 88 Pfam box Symbol Toxin 5 Name Scorpion short chain toxin ..
    
    
    
15. Staphylococcus aureus alpha toxin
    Alpha Toxin is secreted by Staph. aureus bacteria. It is a membrane disrupting toxin that creates pores causing hemolysis and tissue damage. It has phospholipase C activity. See also Phospholipase C Peripheral ..
    
    
    
16. Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin
    protein Name Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin caption Crystal structure of Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin image Clostridium perfringens Alpha Toxin.rsh.png width 200px HGNCid Symbol AltSymbols ..
    
    
    
17. Shiga-like toxin
    Shiga like toxin is a AB5 toxin AB5 type Shiga toxin produced by the bacteria Escherichia coli and also known as verotoxin . In 1977, researchers in Ottawa , Ontario rediscovered the Shiga toxin produced ..
    
    
    
18. Kavka's toxin puzzle
    Kavka s toxin puzzle is a thought experiment about the possibility of forming an intention to perform ... by moral and political philosopher Gregory S. Kavka in The Toxin Puzzle 1983 , and grew out of his work ..
    
    
    
19. Toxic shock syndrome toxin
    Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin TSST is a superantigen produced by somewhere between 5 and 25 of Staphylococcus ... 1 , interleukin 2 and tumour necrosis factor . In general, the toxin is not produced by bacteria ..
    
    
    
20. Time delay toxin activation
    Time Delay Toxin Activation TDTA belongs to a class of chemotherapy Medication drugs known as High Specificity Anticancer Agents. This is a process for manufacturing and administering chemotherapy drugs ..
    
    
    
21. Kanagawa hemolysin
    Kanagawa hemolysin is a toxin produced by the bacteria Vibrio parahaemolyticus . References unreferenced date November 2007 bacteria stub ..
    
    
    
22. Allopumiliotoxin 267A
    Orphan date November 2007 context Allopumiliotoxin 267A is a toxin found in the skin of several poison frog s of the family Dendrobates . The frogs produce the toxin by modifying the original version, pumiliotoxin ..
    
    
    
23. TSST
    The initials TSST may refer to Tsst , a South Park episode Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation Toxic shock syndrome toxin disambig ..
    
    
    
24. Ostracitoxin
    When under stress, a boxfish family Ostraciidae will release the Ostracitoxin toxin. It is an ichthyotoxic ... or disturbed. The boxfish must be alive to synthesize its bodily chemicals into the toxin, therefore ..
    
    
    
25. Bufotalin
    Bufotalin is a toxin , C sub 26 sub H sub 36 sub O sub 6 sub , secreted by the Common Europe European toad bufo vulgaris . biochem stub Category Toxicology ..