The bacterial toxin toolkit

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 530-537

  Schiavo, Giampietro ^a   Van Der Goot, F Gisou ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b Sciences II   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0035409446     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35080089     Document Type: Review

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