NALT

Preferred term

verotoxins

Chemical

A class of toxins that inhibit protein synthesis by blocking the interaction of ribosomal RNA with peptide elongation factors. They include Shiga toxin which is produced by Shigella dysenteriae and a variety of shiga-like toxins that are produced by pathologic strains of Escherichia coli such as Escherichia coli O157.

bacterial toxins

vero cytotoxins
vero toxins
verocytotoxins

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

39363

Spanish

verotoxinas

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/15205

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 7/24/19