Characterization of the enzymatic component of Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2096-2103

  Nagahama, Masahiro ^a   Sakaguchi, Yoshihiko ^a   Kobayashi, Keiko ^a   Ochi, Sadayuki ^a   Sakurai, Jun ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; KINETICS; LETHALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NAD; NAD+ NUCLEOSIDASE; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034029903     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.8.2096-2103.2000     Document Type: Article

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