Structure and function of anthrax toxin

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 271, Issue , 2002, Pages 61-85

  Lacy, D B ^a   Collier, R J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATALYSIS; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANTHRAX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0036022856     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-05767-4_4     Document Type: Review

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