The N-Terminal Part of the Enzyme Component (C2I) of the Binary Clostridium botulinum C2 Toxin Interacts with the Binding Component C2II and Functions as a Carrier System for a Rho ADP-Ribosylating C3-Like Fusion Toxin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1364-1369

  Barth, H ^a   Hofmann, F ^a   Olenik, C ^a   Just, I ^a   Aktories, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; EXOENZYME C3, CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; RHOB GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHO CELL; HAMSTER; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CHO CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHOB GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 0032036388     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.4.1364-1369.1998     Document Type: Article

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