Oligomeric and subunit structure of the Helicobacter Pylori vacuolating cytotoxin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 801-807

  Lupetti, Pietro ^a   Heuser, John E ^b   Manetti, Roberto ^c   Massari, Paola ^c   Lanzavecchia, Salvatore ^d   Bellon, Pier Luigi ^d   Dallai, Romano ^a   Rappuoli, Rino ^c   Telford, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TARGET CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOPOLYMERS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0029898566     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.4.801     Document Type: Article

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