Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin and intestinal tight junctions

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 145-146

  McClane, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

CELL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLUID; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0034177273     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(00)01724-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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