Steve decides to make a meal for some of his friends.He uses a variety of foods to prepare the meal,including some canned mushrooms.Unfortunately,he gave his friends a mild case of botulism food poisoning.His friends reported blurred vision and trouble speaking due to a flaccid paralysis of the muscle cells by the botulinum toxin.Propose a mechanism by which this toxin would inhibit muscle contraction.
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