toxin-Toxin: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is toxin? toxin is Toxin

What is Toxin?

  • A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms and is capable of causing disease when introduced into the body tissues but is often also capable of inducing neutralizing antibodies or antitoxins.

    Eine giftige Substanz, insbesondere ein Protein, das von lebenden Zellen oder Organismen produziert wird und in der Lage ist, Krankheiten zu verursachen, wenn sie in das Körpergewebe eingebracht wird, aber oft auch in der Lage ist, neutralisierende Antikörper oder Antitoxine zu induzieren.

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