Cholera toxin

A deadly cellular hitchhiker

Cholera toxin exerts its devastating effects by hijacking the cell’s normal secretory pathway. Biochemist Martin Pool explains how this knowledge is leading to the development of new therapies to prevent other toxins reaching their cellular targets

Pests and communicable diseases
Digestion and absorption
Biological Sciences Review
Cell membranes
Cells
Disease and the immune system
Organisms exchange substances with their environment
Prokaryotic cell and viral structure