cholera toxin
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cholera
noun[U]
uk/ˈkɒl.ər.ə/us/ˈkɑː.lɚ.ə/
a serious infection of the bowels caused by drinking infected water or eating infected food, causing diarrhoea, vomiting, and ...
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toxin
noun[C]
uk/ˈtɒk.sɪn/us/ˈtɑːk.sɪn/
a poisonous substance, especially one produced by bacteria, that ...
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Lysogenic conversion by filamentous phage encodingcholeratoxin.
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Lysogenic conversion by a filamentous phage encodingcholeratoxin.
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Cystic fibrosis heterozygote resistance tocholeratoxinin the cystic fibrosis mouse model.
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Retinohypothalamic projections in hamsters and rats demonstrated usingcholeratoxin.
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Retinohypothalamic projections in the hamster and rat demonstrated usingcholeratoxin.
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The role of antigen form and function in the primary and secondary intestinal immune responses tocholeratoxinand toxoid in rats.
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The resulting strain producescholeratoxinand causes disease.
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Anterograde tracing study usingcholeratoxin.
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In 1999 the drug was reported to improve the symptoms ofcholeratoxininduced diarrhoea in mice.
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After endocytosis, pertussis toxin's mechanism is the same ascholeratoxin.
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Toxins such ascholeratoxinmay increase the secretion or decrease the intake of water and electrolytes, leading to possibly severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.
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These carbohydrate head groups also act as specific receptors for certain pituitary glycoprotein hormones and certain bacterial protein toxins such ascholeratoxin.
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It is created by combining norcocaine with inactivatedcholeratoxin.
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