Structural analysis of the catalytic and binding sites of Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin B

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 693-699

  Swaminathan, Subramanyam ^a   Eswaramoorthy, Subramaniam ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN B; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL SURFACE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GANGLIOSIDES; LACTOSE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIALIC ACIDS;

EID: 0033884053     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/78005     Document Type: Article

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