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. 1970 Feb;1(2):205–206. doi: 10.1128/iai.1.2.205-206.1970

Molecular Weight of Type A Botulinum Toxin

John N Knox 1, William P Brown 1, Leonard Spero 1
PMCID: PMC415879  PMID: 16557715

Abstract

Clostridium botulinum type A does not produce a 12,000 molecular weight toxin. The reported isolation of such a material by Gerwing et al. could not be confirmed.

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