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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Shapira A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3153180 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toxins 20101028 11
Protein toxins confer a defense against predation/grazing or a superior pathogenic competence upon the producing organism. Such toxins have been perfected through evolution in poisonous animals/plants and pathogenic bacteria. Over the past five decades, a lot of effort has been invested in studying their mechanism of action, the way they contribute to pathogenicity and in the development of antidotes that neutralize their action. In parallel, many research groups turned to explore the pharmaceut ...[more]