"Shiga Toxin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A toxin produced by SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE. It is the prototype of class of toxins that inhibit protein synthesis by blocking the interaction of ribosomal RNA; (RNA, RIBOSOMAL) with PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS.
| Descriptor ID |
D022621
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.430.700.750.750.100 D23.946.123.794.095 D23.946.330.575.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Shiga Toxin- Shiga Toxin
- Toxin, Shiga
- Stx Protein, Shigella dysenteria
- Stx Protein
- Shigella Cytotoxin
- Cytotoxin, Shigella
- Shigella Toxin
- Toxin, Shigella
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Shiga Toxin" by people in Profiles.
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Allu?-Guardia A, Koenig SSK, Martinez RA, Rodriguez AL, Bosilevac JM, Feng P, Eppinger M. Pathogenomes and variations in Shiga toxin production among geographically distinct clones of Escherichia coli O113:H21. Microb Genom. 2022 04; 8(4).
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Eppinger M, Mammel MK, Leclerc JE, Ravel J, Cebula TA. Genomic anatomy of Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreaks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Dec 13; 108(50):20142-7.
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Rooks DJ, Yan Y, McDonald JE, Woodward MJ, McCarthy AJ, Allison HE. Development and validation of a qPCR-based method for quantifying Shiga toxin-encoding and other lambdoid bacteriophages. Environ Microbiol. 2010 May; 12(5):1194-204.
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McDonald JE, Smith DL, Fogg PC, McCarthy AJ, Allison HE. High-throughput method for rapid induction of prophages from lysogens and its application in the study of Shiga Toxin-encoding Escherichia coli strains. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Apr; 76(7):2360-5.
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Taylor DE, Rooker M, Keelan M, Ng LK, Martin I, Perna NT, Burland NT, Blattner FR. Genomic variability of O islands encoding tellurite resistance in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates. J Bacteriol. 2002 Sep; 184(17):4690-8.