Shiga toxin

Meaning

Noun

Any of a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.

Origin

Named for Kiyoshi Shiga, who first described the bacterial origin of dysentery caused by Shigella dysenteriae.

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