Structure and function of Clostridium botulinum progenitor toxin

Journal of Toxicology - Toxin Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-34

  Oguma, K ^a   Inoue, K ^a,b   Fujinaga, Y ^a   Yokota, K ^a   Watanabe, T ^b   Ohyama, T ^c   Takeshi, K ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Clostridium botulinum; Hemaggulutinin; Progenitor toxin; Toxin gene

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; HEMAGGLUTININ;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 0033052084     PISSN: 07313837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569549909036015     Document Type: Review

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