Threonine-74 is a key site for the activity of Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-193

  Nagahama, Masahiro ^a   Sakurai, Jun ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha toxin; C. perfringens; Gene; PCR mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GAS GANGRENE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029981569     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03333.x     Document Type: Article

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