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MeSH Heading: Exotoxins
Tree Number(s): D23.946.350
Unique ID: D005098
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005098
Annotation: bacterial or fungal toxins; /‌antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS: coord IM with source of exotoxin (IM or NIM)
Scope Note: Toxins produced, especially by bacterial or fungal cells, and released into the culture medium or environment.
Entry Term(s): Exotoxin
Previous Indexing: Bacterial Toxins (1977); Toxins (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/22
Revision Date: 2005/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

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