Clostridium difficile toxin B inhibits carbachol-induced force and myosin light chain phosphorylation in guinea-pig smooth muscle: Role of Rho proteins

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-93

  Lucius, Claudia ^a   Arner, Anders ^b   Steusloff, Annette ^e   Troschka, Monika ^c   Hofmann, Fred ^d   Aktories, Klaus ^d   Pfitzer, Gabriele ^e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; GUINEA PIG; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEADY STATE;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM; CARBACHOL; CYTOSOL; CYTOTOXINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUINEA PIGS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0031963672     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.083bx.x     Document Type: Article

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