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shigatoxin

shigatoxin is the alternative form of Shiga toxin.

Meaning of Shiga toxin

Noun

Shiga toxin (plural Shiga toxins)

  1. Any of a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.

Forms of shigatoxin

pluralshigatoxins

Questions about shigatoxin

What is shigatoxin the alternative form of?
Shigatoxin is the alternative form of Shiga toxin.

Words near shigatoxin in the dictionary

  1. Shiga toxin
  2. Shiga toxins
  3. shigaite
  4. Shigar
  5. shigatoxigenic
  6. shigatoxin
  7. shigatoxinagenic
  8. shigatoxins
  9. Shigatse
  10. Shigeko
  11. shigella

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