Toxins from anaerobic bacteria: Specificity and molecular mechanisms of action

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-74

  Boquet, Patrice ^a   Munro, Patrick ^a   Fiorentini, Carla ^b   Just, Ingo ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS;

EID: 0031988007     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80144-6     Document Type: Article

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