Functional characterisation of tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins binding domains

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2715-2724

  Lalli, Giovanna ^a   Herreros, Judit ^a   Osborne, Shona L ^a   Montecucco, Cesare ^b   Rossetto, Ornella ^b   Schiavo, Giampietro ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Botulinum neurotoxin; SNARE protein; Spinal cord neuron; Tetanus toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TETANUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTYPE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032842847     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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