Target cell specificity of the Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin is unaffected by the nature of the fatty-acyl group used to activate the toxin in vitro

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-145

  Hormozi, Kalantar ^a   Parton, Roger ^a   Coote, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leukotoxin activation; Pasteurella haemolytica; Toxin acylation

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; LEUKOTOXIN; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TARGET CELL; TOXICITY; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ADENYLATE CYCLASE TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; EXOTOXINS; FATTY ACIDS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; PASTEURELLA;

EID: 0031765811     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00476-5     Document Type: Article

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