Assessment of aspects of the toxicity of Clostridium perfringens E-toxin using the MDCK cell line

Human & Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 904-908

  Lindsay, Christopher D ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cell membrane effects; Clostridium perfringens; MDCK cell line; toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BUFFER; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NEUTRAL RED; SODIUM AZIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENDOCYTOSIS; INTERNALIZATION; LETHALITY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; AZIDES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOGS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KIDNEY; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM AZIDE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0029803821     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719601501107     Document Type: Article

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