The toxins of Bacteroides fragilis

Toxicon

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1737-1746

  Sears, Cynthia L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial toxin; Bacteroides fragilis toxin; Cytoskeleton; Diarrhea; Fragilysin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; FRAGILYSIN; ISOPROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; UVOMORULIN;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INTESTINE SECRETION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 0034862657     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(01)00160-X     Document Type: Article

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