Molecular weight of type a botulinum toxin.
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Clostridium botulinum type A does not produce a 12,000 molecular weight toxin. The reported isolation of such a material by Gerwing et al. could not be confirmed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Infection and immunity
دوره 1 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1970