A toxin-antitoxin system consists of a "toxin" and a corresponding "antitoxin", usually encoded by closely linked genes. The toxin is usually a protein...
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TADB is a database of Type 2 toxin-antitoxin loci in bacterial and archaeal genomes. Toxin-antitoxin system Shao, Yucheng; Harrison Ewan M; Bi Dexi; Tai...
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An antitoxin is an antibody with the ability to neutralize a specific toxin. Antitoxins are produced by certain animals, plants, and bacteria in response...
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The parDE type II toxin-antitoxin system is one example of the bacterial toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems that encode two proteins, one a potent inhibitor...
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Botulism (redirect from Botulinum antitoxin)
remove the source of the toxin-producing bacteria. Botulinum antitoxin consists of antibodies that neutralize botulinum toxin in the circulatory system...
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it could not be neutralized by any existing antitoxin. Botulinum toxins are closely related to tetanus toxin. The two are collectively known as Clostridium...
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Diphtheria (section Toxin demonstration)
diphtheria antitoxin (consisting of antibodies isolated from the serum of horses that have been challenged with diphtheria toxin). Since antitoxin does not...
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antibodies or tetanus antitoxin. It can be given as intravenous therapy or by intramuscular injection. Antibiotic therapy to reduce toxin production. Metronidazole...
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responsible for its toxic properties. Toxin-antitoxin system Harper, Douglas. "toxin". Online Etymology Dictionary. "toxin – Definition from the Merriam-Webster...
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(virulence associated proteins B and C) is the largest family of type II toxin-antitoxin system genetic loci in prokaryotes. VapBC operons consist of two genes:...
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Clostridium botulinum (section Toxin types in disease)
quantitative PCR. Type "H" is in fact a recombinant toxin from types A and F. It can be neutralized by type A antitoxin and no longer is considered a distinct type...
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with antibiotics and possibly antitoxin. The type and number of antibiotics used depend on the type of infection. Antitoxin is recommended for those with...
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manifestation of the infection. These toxin-producing strains cause scarlet fever in people who do not already have antitoxin antibodies. Streptococcal pyrogenic...
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immunization by larger doses of toxin and antitoxin for treatment, prevention, and diagnosis". They patented their toxin and antitoxin production methods in 1924...
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Anti-tetanus immunoglobulin (redirect from Tetanus antitoxin)
tetanus immune globulin (TIG) and tetanus antitoxin, is a medication made up of antibodies against the tetanus toxin. It is used to prevent tetanus in those...
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animals, and that the toxin could be neutralized by specific antibodies. In 1897, Edmond Nocard showed that tetanus antitoxin induced passive immunity...
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reversal agents. The antidotes for some particular toxins are manufactured by injecting the toxin into an animal in small doses and extracting the resulting...
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in flowering plants (angiosperms). Many stress-response toxins of prokaryotic toxin-antitoxin systems have been shown to have RNase activity and homology...
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UDP-N-acetylglucosamine kinase (redirect from Toxin PezT)
(August 2015). "A cis-acting antitoxin domain within the chromosomal toxin-antitoxin module EzeT of Escherichia coli quenches toxin activity". Molecular Microbiology...
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae (section Toxin)
diphtheriae infects the human body, it releases harmful toxins, especially to the throat. Antitoxins are used to prevent further harm. Antibiotics are also...
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by Dr. John G. FitzGerald in 1914 in Toronto to produce the diphtheria antitoxin. Contemporaneously, the institution was likened to the Pasteur Institutes...
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cells; growth on axenic media is unaffected. QpH1 also contains a toxin-antitoxin system. Among all plasmids, eight conserved genes code for proteins...
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February 2, 1925, at 5:30 a.m. While frozen solid, all 300,000 units of the antitoxin were intact, and Kaasen handed them over to be thawed for use by midday...
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bacterial toxins. An example of a neutralizing antibody is diphtheria antitoxin, which can neutralize the biological effects of diphtheria toxin. Neutralizing...
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(2022-09-01). "Bacterial retrons encode phage-defending tripartite toxin–antitoxin systems" (PDF). Nature. 609 (7925): 144–150. Bibcode:2022Natur.609...
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(September 2022). "Bacterial retrons encode phage-defending tripartite toxin-antitoxin systems". Nature. 609 (7925): 144–150. Bibcode:2022Natur.609..144B...
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decompose during heating or boiling and there is no known antidote or antitoxin for this toxin. It is believed that the TTX serves as a hunting tool for paralyzing...
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Behring and colleagues produced antitoxins for diphtheria and tetanus toxins from 1890. The use of diphtheria antitoxin to treat diphtheria was considered...
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Hypericum annulatum (section Antitoxin)
have been demonstrated to protect cells from certain toxins and reduce the impact those toxins have on their viability. Hypericum annulatum contains...
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Canada approved the purchase of Emergent's new botulism antitoxin called Botulism Antitoxin Heptavalent (BAT). The CDC and Public Health Agency of Canada...
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