Transgenic mice expressing the diphtheria toxin receptor are sensitive to the toxin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 235-240

  Cha, Jeong Heon ^a,b   Chang, Mee Young ^a,c   Richardson, James A ^a   Eidels, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

^c LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSGENES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; MUS MUSCULUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038046761     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03550.x     Document Type: Article

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