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Tetanus toxin is bound by a sialidase-labile disialosyl ganglioside, serotonin by another, and cholera toxin by a sialidase-stable monosialosyl ganglioside. There is good evidence that the monosialosyl ganglioside may be the receptor for cholera toxin in cell membranes; what of the disialosyl ganglioside and tetanus toxin?
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van Heyningen, W. Gangliosides as membrane receptors for tetanus toxin, cholera toxin and serotonin. Nature 249, 415–417 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249415a0
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