enterotoxin
nounEtymology From entero- + toxin.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria
- An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination.2012, Gerald T. Keusch, “Invasive Bacterial Diarrheas”, in Lincoln Chen, editor, Diarrhea and Malnutrition, page 54:
- A more complex mechanism is used by Vibrio cholerae toxin and by the homolog heat-labile enterotoxin secreted by ETEC strains.2012, Phillip Smith, Thomas MacDonald, Principles of Mucosal Immunology, page 407:
- Derived terms
- enterotoxigenic