"Shiga Toxin 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A toxin produced by certain pathogenic strains of ESCHERICHIA COLI such as ESCHERICHIA COLI O157. It shares 50-60% homology with SHIGA TOXIN and SHIGA TOXIN 1.
| Descriptor ID |
D022641
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.430.700.750.750.124 D12.776.097.275.879 D23.946.123.794.124 D23.946.330.575.124
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| Concept/Terms |
Shiga Toxin 2- Shiga Toxin 2
- Shiga Toxin 2, Escherichia coli
- Shiga-Like Toxin II
- VT2 Cytotoxin
- Cytotoxin, VT2
- SLTII
- Stx2 protein
- Vero Cytotoxin VT2
- Verotoxin 2
- Shiga Like Toxin II
- SLT-II
- SLT II
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Shiga Toxin 2" by people in Profiles.
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Eppinger M, Almer?a S, Allu?-Guardia A, Bagi LK, Kalalah AA, Gurtler JB, Fratamico PM. Genome Sequence Analysis and Characterization of Shiga Toxin 2 Production by Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains Associated With a Laboratory Infection. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022; 12:888568.
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Yin S, Rusconi B, Sanjar F, Goswami K, Xiaoli L, Eppinger M, Dudley EG. Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains harbor at least three distinct sequence types of Shiga toxin 2a-converting phages. BMC Genomics. 2015 Sep 29; 16:733.
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Lyte M, Arulanandam B, Nguyen K, Frank C, Erickson A, Francis D. Norepinephrine induced growth and expression of virulence associated factors in enterotoxigenic and enterohemorrhagic strains of Escherichia coli. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1997; 412:331-9.