Killer toxin Kp4 family
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Killer toxin Kp4 family
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In molecular biology, the killer toxin Kp4 family is a family of killer toxins, which includes the Kp4 killer toxin from the smut fungus Ustilago maydis. Killer toxins are polypeptides secreted by some fungal species that kill sensitive cells of the same or related species, often functioning by creating pores in target cell membranes. The fungal killer toxin KP4 from the corn smut fungus, Ustilago maydis, is encoded by a resident symbiotic double-stranded RNA virus, Ustilago maydis P4 virus (UmV
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