Shiga toxin
English
Alternative forms
- shigatoxin
Etymology
Named for Kiyoshi Shiga, who first described the bacterial origin of dysentery caused by Shigella dysenteriae.
Noun
Shiga toxin (plural Shiga toxins)
- 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.