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The fixation of tetanus toxin and the deactivation of cholera toxin by gangliosides are toxin-specific and ganglioside-specific, and not prevented by protective colloid, whereas the inactivation of a number of toxins by gangliosides which is prevented by protective colloid is a non-specific phenomenon.
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van Heyningen, W.E., Mellanby, J. A note on the specific fixation, specific deactivation and non-specific inactivation of bacterial toxins by gangliosides. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 276, 297–302 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00499883
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