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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Research, Technology, Methods > toxic substances > toxins > microbial toxins > bacterial toxins > verotoxins
Preferred Term:

verotoxins

Definition:
A class of toxins that inhibit protein synthesis by blocking the interaction of ribosomal RNA with peptide elongation factors. They include Shiga toxin which is produced by Shigella dysenteriae and a variety of shiga-like toxins that are produced by pathologic strains of Escherichia coli such as Escherichia coli O157.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
bacterial toxins
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Entry Terms:
  • verocytotoxins
  • vero cytotoxins
  • vero toxins
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/15205
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