Accumulation of Clostridium perfringens epsilon-toxin in the mouse kidney and its possible biological significance

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5371-5375

  Tamai, Eiji ^a   Ishida, Tetsuya ^a   Miyata, Shigeru ^a   Matsushita, Osamu ^a   Suda, Hirofumi ^a   Kobayashi, Shoji ^a   Sonobe, Hiroshi ^b   Okabe, Akinobu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuyama National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM EPSILON TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULUS; HOST RESISTANCE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY INJURY; MOUSE; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; NEPHRECTOMY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0041823310     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.9.5371-5375.2003     Document Type: Article

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