Use of site-directed mutagenesis to probe structure-function relationships of alpha-toxin from Clostridium perfringens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2440-2444

  Guillouard, Isabelle ^a   Garnier, Thierry ^a   Cole, Stewart T ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0029976468     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2440-2444.1996     Document Type: Article

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