Bacterial protein toxins and cell vesicle trafficking

Experientia

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1026-1032

  Montecucco, C ^a   Papini, E ^a   Schiavo, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulism; Endosomes; Exocytosis; Membrane fusion; Neurotoxins; Proteases; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; HORMONE; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNTAXIN; TETANUS TOXIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; EXOCYTOSIS; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE FUSION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; EXOCYTOSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIC ULCER; QA-SNARE PROTEINS; SNARE PROTEINS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030461941     PISSN: 00144754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01952098     Document Type: Review

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