Medical Definition of Shiga like toxin
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Group of structurally related toxins that block eukaryotic protein synthesis by cleaving the 28S rRNA subunit of ribosomes.
Examples: Shiga toxin, Shiga like toxins SLT 1 and SLT 2 of Escherichia coli.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiga Like Toxin
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