Identification of a Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin region required for large complex formation and cytotoxicity by random mutagenesis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5634-5641

  Kokai Kun, John F ^a,b   Benton, Kimberly ^a,c   Wieckowski, Eva U ^a,d   McClane, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0032708774     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5634-5641.1999     Document Type: Article

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