See Also: pertussis toxin(medicine)
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pertussis(dictionary)
Pertussis(medicine)
Pertussis(health)
pertussis toxins(medicine)
Pertussis vaccine(medicine)
pertussis syndrome(medicine)
pertussis immunoglobulin(medicine)
pertussis-like syndrome(medicine)

bipolar taxis (medicine) and pertussis toxin (medicine)


bipolar taxis (medicine)


bipolar taxis


An obsolete term for repositioning of a retroverted uterus by making traction on the cervix in the vagina, and pushing up the fundus by the finger in the rectum.


pertussis toxin (medicine)


pertussis toxin
<protein> Protein complex (ca 117 kD). An A B toxin, the active subunit is a single polypeptide 28 kD), the binding subunit a pentamer (two heterodimers, 23 + 11.7 kD, 11.7 + 22 kD and a monomer (9.3 kD) that binds the heterodimers). The active subunit ADP ribosylates the _ subunit of the inhibitory GTP-binding protein (Gi). Crucial to the pathogenicity of Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough.