Karteikarten
C.tetani
Karten in diesem Stapel (11)
- 1Disease CausedTetanus
- 2Source of BacteriaDust/soil in wounds
- 3Aerobic or Anaerobic?All Clostridium are Obligate Anaerobes
- 4Tetanospasmin (Exotoxin) Structure2 heavy chains, 1 light chain
- 5Tetanospasmin (Exotoxin) Role of Structure2 heavy chains- bind to nerve terminal, light chain causes effect
- 6Tetanospasmin (Exotoxin) BindingTo gangliosidase Receptors, which endocytose it and release it in the CNS
- 7Tetanospasmin (Exotoxin) Inhibitory NeuronesTaken up by 'muscle relaxing' neurones, where light chain binds snare protein Synaptoprenin
- 8Tetanospasmin (Exotoxin) EffectNeurotransmitter cannot be release, muscles cannot relax
- 9SymptomsLockjaw, arched spin, bent limbs, respiratory spasm
- 10VaccineDirected against tetanospasmin
- 11AtoxoidInactive toxin that triggers the immune system (found in vaccine)
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- Medical Microbiology (Clostridium Family) Karteikarten am C.tetani, erstellt von gina_evans0312 am 03/04/2014.
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