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Heat stable toxin of E. coli produces which of the following effects?

Loss of chloride ion from the cell

Lysis of the plasma membrane

Disfunction of ribosomes

Pore formation in the cytoplasmic membrane and cell lysis

Both heat stable and labile toxins cause dysfunction of the pumps and loss of chloride ion (by increasing cellular cAMP and cGMP)