Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin requires activation of both binding and enzymatic components for cytopathic activity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3848-3853

  Gibert, Maryse ^a   Petit, Laetitia ^a   Raffestin, Stephanie ^a   Okabe, Akinobu ^b   Popoff, Michel R ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; PEPSIN A; PROTEINASE K; SUBTILISIN; THERMOLYSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0033934871     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.7.3848-3853.2000     Document Type: Article

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