Rabbit sucrase-isomaltase contains a functional intestinal receptor for Clostridium difficile toxin A

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 641-649

  Pothoulakis, Charalabos ^a,g   Gilbert, Richard J ^b   Cladaras, Christos ^a   Castagliuolo, Ignazio ^a   Semenza, Giorgio ^f   Hitti, Yousef ^a   Montcrief, J Scott ^c   Linevsky, Joanne ^a   Kelly, Ciaran P ^a   Nikulasson, Sigfus ^a   Desai, Himanshu P ^d,e   Wilkins, Tracy D ^c   Lamont, J Thomas ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; enterotoxin; lectin binding; sucrase isomaltase; toxin receptor

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; ENTEROTOXIN; GALACTOSE; SUCRASE ISOMALTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHO CELL; DATA ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 10244233005     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118835     Document Type: Article

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