cholix

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cholix (uncountable)

  1. A toxic ADP-ribosyltransferase isolated from the bacterium Vibrio cholerae
  2. The associated protein domain
    • 2015 July 24, Miguel R. Lugo, A. Rod Merrill, Ken Teter, “The Father, Son and Cholix Toxin: The Third Member of the DT Group Mono-ADP-Ribosyltransferase Toxin Family”, in Toxins[1], volume 7, →DOI:
      Finally, an immunotoxin consisting of cholix domains II and III has been prepared as an alternate treatment strategy in tandem with ExoA from P. aeruginosa for the treatment of certain human cancers.

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