Pseudomonas exotoxin exhibits increased sensitivity to furin when sequences at the cleavage site are mutated to resemble the arginine-rich loop of diphtheria toxin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 769-778

  Chiron, Marielle F ^a,c   Ogata, Masato ^b,c   FitzGerald, David J ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FURIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

EID: 0029826702     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.d01-1721.x     Document Type: Article

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