The enteric toxins of Clostridium perfringens

Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue , 2004, Pages 183-204

  Smedley III, J G ^a   Fisher, D J ^a   Sayeed, S ^a   Chakrabarti, G ^a   McClane, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 17644370417     PISSN: 03034240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/s10254-004-0036-2     Document Type: Article

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