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...

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...

Leukocidin/Hemolysin toxin Staphylococcus aureus alpha toxin from S. aureus (PDB: 7AHL​). Identifiers Symbol Leukocidin Pfam PF07968 Pfam clan CL0636...

immunosuppression, inhibition of the host's immune response (this includes leukocidin-mediated cell death) entry into and exit out of cells (if the pathogen...

host phages, such as the prophage Φ-PVL that produces Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), to increase virulence. The bicomponent toxin PVL is associated...

plus six additional serotypes (1, 3, 5, 6A, 7F & 19A). Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL) producing S. aureus strains are oftentimes responsible for life-threatening...

Vandenesch F, Etienne J (November 1999). "Involvement of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus in primary skin infections and pneumonia"...

Streptolysin Leukocidin Panton–Valentine leukocidin Staphylococcus Staphylococcus aureus alpha/beta/delta Exfoliatin Toxic shock syndrome toxin Staphylococcal...

Value Language, the data markup language, used by NASA Panton–Valentine leukocidin, a factor in bacterial virulence The Pascack Valley Line, a commuter rail...

The bacteria resist the immune response by releasing toxins called leukocidins. As the neutrophils die off from toxins and old age, they are destroyed...