About The Medical Condition Diphtheria Toxin
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Diphtheria Toxin
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Diphtheria Toxin?
A 60 kD single chain protein elaborated by Corynebacterium diphtheriae that causes the sign and symptoms of diphtheria; it can be broken into two unequal fragments, the smaller (A fragment) inhibits protein synthesis and is the lethal moiety that needs the larger (B fragment) for entry into cells.
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