Diphtheria Flashcards
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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- Diphtheria toxin: produced only when it is infected by a lysogenic phage carrying the tox gene.
- The cytotoxin (A-B toxin) inhibits protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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