Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of α-toxin from two different strains (NCTC8237 and CER89L43) of Clostridium perfringens

Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography

Volumn 54, Issue 6 PART II, 1998, Pages 1425-1428

  Basak, A K ^a   Howells, A ^b   Eaton, J T ^a   Moss, D S ^a   Naylor, C E ^a   Miller, J ^b   Titball, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAS GANGRENE; HANGING DROP VAPOR DIFFUSION METHOD; SECONDARY METABOLITE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032213170     PISSN: 09074449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/s0907444998005186     Document Type: Article

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