Nonspecific binding of Clostridium difficile toxin a to murine immunoglobulins occurs via the fab component

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1981-1984

  Cooke, Deborah L ^a   Borriello, S Peter ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

EID: 0031925529     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.1981-1984.1998     Document Type: Article

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