Reduced B subunit of heat-labile enterotoxin associates with membranes in vivo

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 412-418

  Hardy, Simon J S ^a   Hedges, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disulfide bond; heat labile enterotoxin; membrane association

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; ENTEROTOXIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE BINDING; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029920347     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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