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Botulinum neurotoxin

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CBP type A is used by the cosmetics industry for smoothing wrinkles and is known commercially as Botox.
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CBP type A is used by the cosmetics industry for smoothing wrinkles and is known commercially as Botox. In small quantities CBN can be used as muscle relaxant in cases of spasm and dystonia.
== Structural highlights ==
== Structural highlights ==

Revision as of 09:43, 12 November 2015

Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin type A with cofactor Zn+2 (grey) (PDB code 3bta).

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3D structures of botulinum neurotoxin

Updated on 12-November-2015


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