Understanding the mode of action of diphtheria toxin: A perspective on progress during the 20th century

Toxicon

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1793-1803

  Collier, R J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADP Ribosylation; Receptor; Toxin; Translocation

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; CHANNEL GATING; CHRONOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034878448     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(01)00165-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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