Site directed mutagenesis of histidine residues in anthrax toxin lethal factor binding domain reduces toxicity

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 7-14

  Arora, Naveen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Binding domain; Lethal factor; Mutagenesis; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; HISTIDINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RAT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHRAX; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030859761     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006815306876     Document Type: Article

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