Furin regulates both the activation of Pseudomonas exotoxin A and the quantity of the toxin receptor expressed on target cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 524-527

  Gu, Mili ^a   Gordon, Valery M ^a   Fitzgerald, David J P ^b   Leppla, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; FURIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0030051747     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.2.524-527.1996     Document Type: Article

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