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Toxin produced by strains of Streptococcus pyogenes responsible for scarlet fever.
Three antigenic variants of the toxin are known. It is a small protein that is complexed with hyaluronic acid and can intensify the effects of other toxins such as endotoxin and streptolysin O.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(22 Feb 2008)
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