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Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Bacterial Toxins > Shiga Toxins > Shiga Toxin 2
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Lectins > Plant Lectins > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2 > Shiga Toxins > Shiga Toxin 2
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Plant Proteins > Plant Lectins > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2 > Shiga Toxins > Shiga Toxin 2
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Plant Proteins > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2 > Shiga Toxins > Shiga Toxin 2
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Glycoside Hydrolases > N-Glycosyl Hydrolases > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins > Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2 > Shiga Toxins > Shiga Toxin 2
Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Enterotoxins > Shiga Toxins > Shiga Toxin 2
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Bacterial Proteins > Escherichia coli Proteins > Shiga Toxin 2

Preferred term

Shiga Toxin 2  

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Entry terms

  • Cytotoxin, VT2
  • Shiga Like Toxin II
  • Shiga-Like Toxin II
  • Shiga Toxin 2, Escherichia coli
  • SLT II
  • SLT-II
  • SLTII
  • Stx2 protein
  • Vero Cytotoxin VT2
  • Verotoxin 2
  • VT2 Cytotoxin

Scope note

  • A toxin produced by certain pathogenic strains of ESCHERICHIA COLI such as ESCHERICHIA COLI O157. It shares 50-60% homology with SHIGA TOXIN and SHIGA TOXIN 1.

History note

  • 2008 (1988)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D022641

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