cholix
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Noun
cholix (uncountable)
- A toxic ADP-ribosyltransferase isolated from the bacterium Vibrio cholerae
- The associated protein domain
- 2015 July 24, Miguel R. Lugo, A. Rod Merrill, Ken Teter, “The Father, Son and Cholix Toxin: The Third Member of the DT Group Mono-ADP-Ribosyltransferase Toxin Family”, in Toxins, volume 7, DOI: :
- Finally, an immunotoxin consisting of cholix domains II and III has been prepared as an alternate treatment strategy in tandem with ExoA from P. aeruginosa for the treatment of certain human cancers.
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Derived terms
- cholix toxin (syn. cholera exotoxin)
Further reading
Cholera toxin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Exotoxin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia