How Toxins Overcome the Cell Membrane (IMAGE)

BIOSS - Centre for Biological Signalling Studies

How Toxins Overcome the Cell Membrane

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Bacterial toxins usually exert their full deadly effect in the host cell's interior. The toxins overcome the cell membrane by binding to a surface receptor, which conveys them into the cell's interior.

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© Panagiotis Papatheodorou

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