Clostridium perfringens beta toxin

Clostridium perfringens beta toxin one of the four major lethal toxins produced by Clostridium perfringens Type B and Type C strains.[1] It is a necrotizing agent and it induces hypertension by release of catecholamine.

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  1. ^ Hunter SE, Brown JE, Oyston PC, Sakurai J, Titball RW (September 1993). "Molecular genetic analysis of beta-toxin of Clostridium perfringens reveals sequence homology with alpha-toxin, gamma-toxin, and leukocidin of Staphylococcus aureus". Infect. Immun. 61 (9): 3958–65. PMC 281100. PMID 8359918. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=281100.