Structure-function studies of the adenylate cyclase toxin of Bordetella pertussis and the leukotoxin of Pasteurella haemolytica by heterologous C protein activation and construction of hybrid proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 871-879

  Westrop, Gareth ^a   Hormozi, Kalantar ^a   Da Costa, Nuno ^a   Parton, Roger ^a   Coote, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEUKOTOXIN; PROTEIN C; UREA;

ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BOVIDS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; LEUKOCYTE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0031033823     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.871-879.1997     Document Type: Article

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