Structural studies of receptor binding by cholera toxin mutants

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1516-1528

  Merritt, Ethan A ^a   Sarfaty, Steve ^a   Jobling, Michael G ^b   Chang, T ^b,d   Holmes, Randall K ^b   Hirst, Timothy R ^c   Hol, Wim G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; Heat labile enterotoxin; Oligosaccharide; Sugar binding; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; GLYCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030835793     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060716     Document Type: Article

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