Clostridium difficile toxins
- Clostridium difficile toxins
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C. difficile enterotoxin A (308 kD) is secreted, enters eukaryotic
cell by
receptor-mediated endocytosis and once in
cytoplasm glucosylates small G-proteins of rho family thereby inactivating them and leading to loss of
actin filament bundles. Cytotoxin B (270 kD) is similar.
Dictionary of molecular biology.
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