Crystal structure of botulinum neurotoxin type A and implications for toxicity

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 898-902

  Lacy, D Borden ^a   Tepp, William ^b   Cohen, Alona C ^a   DasGupta, Bibhuti R ^b   Stevens, Raymond C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ALPHA HELIX; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW;

BINDING SITES; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031712779     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/2338     Document Type: Review

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