Binary C. Diff Toxin (IMAGE)

Advanced Science Research Center, GC/CUNY

Binary C. Diff Toxin

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This atomic illustration shows the newly identified CDTB component of the binary C. diff toxin, which researchers now know attaches to the surface of human cells and injects the CDTA portion of the toxin inside the cell.

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Xingjian Xu and Edwin Pozharski

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