Bacterial toxins: a table of lethal amounts.
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............................................................. SELECTION OF DATA AND SOURCES OF ERROR......................... THE TABLE ............................................................. DISCUSSION. .. ......................................................... Relevance to Possible Cloning of Genes Coding for Toxins.................... Recommended Containment Levels for Cloning ............................. (i) Proteins with an expected 50% lethal dose for humans of 100 ng/kg or less. (ii) Proteins with an expected 50% lethal dose for humans of >100 ng/kg and <1 agfkg .......................................................... (iii) Proteins with an expected 50% lethal dose for humans of 1 to 100 ag/kg . (iv) Proteins of low toxicity ............................................. Risks Associated with Cloning Toxin Genes in Escherichia coli ................ Literature Cited ........................................................... 86 86 90 90 90 91 91
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Microbiological reviews
دوره 46 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982