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Toxin-mediated competition in weakly motile bacteria [PDF]
2019, J. Theor. Biol. 480 , 205-217, 2019 Many bacterial species produce toxins that inhibit their competitors. We model this phenomenon by extending classic two-species Lotka-Volterra competition in one spatial dimension to incorporate toxin production by one species. Considering solutions comprising two adjacent single-species colonies, we show how the toxin inhibits the susceptible species ...
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Using Multiscale Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Obtain Insights into Pore Forming Toxin Mechanisms [PDF]
Methods in Enzymology (Chapter Sixteen), 2021, 2020 Pore forming toxins (PFTs) are virulent proteins released by several species, including many strains of bacteria, to attack and kill host cells. In this article, we focus on the utility of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and the molecular insights gleaned from these techniques on the pore forming pathways of PFTs.
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Toxins in 2015
Toxins, 2016 The editors of Toxins would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2015. [...]
Toxins Editorial Office
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Scientific Reports, 2020 Envenoming by viperid snakes results in a complex pattern of tissue damage, including hemorrhage, which in severe cases may lead to permanent sequelae. Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) are main players in this pathogenesis, acting synergistically ...
Amanda F. Asega +7 more
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Staphylococcus aureus Secreted Toxins and Extracellular Enzymes
Microbiology spectrum, 2019 Staphylococcus aureus is a formidable pathogen capable of causing infections in different sites of the body in a variety of vertebrate animals, including humans and livestock. A major contribution to the success of S. aureus as a pathogen is the plethora
K. Tam, V. Torres
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Chemosensors, 2023 Dairy milk holds a prominent position as a widely consumed food, particularly among infants and children. However, it is crucial to address the presence of multiple natural toxic compounds that may co-occur in dairy milk to ensure its safety prior to ...
Camille Van Camp +3 more
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Current Biology, 2009 The compounds that we recognize as toxins and venoms span an enormous diversity of pharmacological and ecological functions. The selection pressures driving the modification of venoms and toxins are fundamentally different from those of other proteins, and result in somewhat different evolutionary dynamics.
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Differentiation, Quantification and Identification of Abrin and Abrus precatorius Agglutinin
Toxins, 2021 Abrin, the toxic lectin from the rosary pea plant Abrus precatorius, has gained considerable interest in the recent past due to its potential malevolent use.
Sylvia Worbs +9 more
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Bioscience Reports, 1977 Summary1. Death in several infectious diseases is caused by protein toxins secreted by invading bacteria. Cholera toxin is a simple protein secreted by Vibrio cholerae colonizing the gut; it is responsible for the massive diarrhoea that is cholera.2. The primary action of cholera toxin is an activation of adenylate cyclase, an enzyme found on the inner
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FEBS Open Bio, 2021 Buthus occitanus (B. occitanus) is one of the most dangerous scorpions in the world. Despite the involvement of B. occitanus scorpion in severe cases of envenomation in Morocco, no study has focused yet on the proteomic composition of the Moroccan B ...
Khadija Daoudi +8 more
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