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Bacterial toxins and their application

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The review deals with the structure of protein bacterial toxins, steps of the toxin molecule interaction with the target cell, molecular mechanisms of the toxic effect, as well as with the fields of application of toxins as research tools and as medicinal preparations.

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Zdanovsky, A.G., Zdanovskaya, M.V. & Yankovsky, N.K. Bacterial toxins and their application. Mol Biol 34, 168–174 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02759635

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