Lambda-toxin of Clostridium perfringens activates the precursor of epsilon-toxin by releasing its N- and C-terminal peptides

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 527-535

  Minami, Junzaburo ^a   Katayama, Seiichi ^a   Matsushita, Osamu ^a   Matsushita, Chieko ^a   Okabe, Akinobu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation of prototoxin; Clostridium perfringens; Protease; Toxin; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0030753994     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01888.x     Document Type: Article

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