Tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins: Mechanism of action and therapeutic uses

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1381, 1999, Pages 259-268

  Pellizzari, Rossella ^a   Rossetto, Ornella ^a   Schiavo, Giampietro ^b   Montecucco, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botulism; Neurotoxins; SNARE proteins; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033611703     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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