exocytotoxic
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editexocytotoxic (not comparable)
- cytotoxic outside of the cell that produced the cytotoxin
- 2015 October 10, “Clostridium Perfringens Epsilon Toxin Binds to Membrane Lipids and Its Cytotoxic Action Depends on Sulfatide”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The lethal effect of Etx, characterized by sudden death and, in some cases, acute neurological signs [7 ], has mainly been associated with general edema, also leading to a glutamate-mediated exocytotoxic effect and neuronal death [7 –9 ].