A leukocidin is a type of cytotoxin created by some types of bacteria (Staphylococcus). It is a type of pore-forming toxin. The model for pore formation...
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Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is a cytotoxin—one of the β-pore-forming toxins. The presence of PVL is associated with increased virulence of certain...
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Hemolysin (redirect from Leukocidin/Hemolysin toxin family)
Leukocidin/Hemolysin toxin Staphylococcus aureus alpha toxin from S. aureus (PDB: 7AHL). Identifiers Symbol Leukocidin Pfam PF07968 Pfam clan CL0636...
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immunosuppression, inhibition of the host's immune response (this includes leukocidin-mediated cell death) entry into and exit out of cells (if the pathogen...
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host phages, such as the prophage Φ-PVL that produces Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), to increase virulence. The bicomponent toxin PVL is associated...
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plus six additional serotypes (1, 3, 5, 6A, 7F & 19A). Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL) producing S. aureus strains are oftentimes responsible for life-threatening...
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Vandenesch F, Etienne J (November 1999). "Involvement of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus in primary skin infections and pneumonia"...
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Streptolysin Leukocidin Panton–Valentine leukocidin Staphylococcus Staphylococcus aureus alpha/beta/delta Exfoliatin Toxic shock syndrome toxin Staphylococcal...
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Value Language, the data markup language, used by NASA Panton–Valentine leukocidin, a factor in bacterial virulence The Pascack Valley Line, a commuter rail...
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The bacteria resist the immune response by releasing toxins called leukocidins. As the neutrophils die off from toxins and old age, they are destroyed...
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