Botulinolysin, a thiol-activated hemolysin produced by clostridium botulinum, inhibits endothelium-dependent relaxation of rat aortic ring

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1011-1023

  Sugimoto, Nakaba ^a   Haque, Abdul ^a   Horiguchi, Yasuhiko ^a   Matsuda, Morihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; BOTULINOLYSIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CALCIMYCIN; HEMOLYSIN; HISTAMINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARGININE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MALE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 0030786585     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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