1. Department of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia 2. Biomedical Department, Siberian State Medical University, Moskovskii trakt 2, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
Abstract:
Data on volume of the intracellular compartment where the internalized toxin is located and toxin concentration in this compartment have been obtained. Suggestions have been made about a role of toxin molecule aggregates in the translocation of A-chain into cytosol, which leads to cell death.