Cleavage of the synaptobrevin/vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) of the mouse brain by the recombinant light chain of Clostridium botulinum type B toxin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-208

  Rhee, Sang Dal ^a   Jung, Hyun Ho ^b   Yang, Gi Hyeok ^a   Moon, Yu Seok ^a   Yang, Kyu Hwan ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b SunMoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clostridium botulinum type B toxin; Light chain; Synaptobrevin VAMP

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN B; CHELATING AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

2,2'-DIPYRIDYL; ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHELATING AGENTS; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); R-SNARE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRYPSIN;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0031005892     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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