Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin is maintained in a multimeric protein complex

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3366-3372

  Voth, Daniel E ^a   Qa'Dan, Maen ^a,b   Hamm, Elaine E ^a   Pelfrey, Joy M ^a   Ballard, Jimmy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII LETHAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; CYTOTOXICITY; DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTOXICATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIMERIZATION; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 2542545910     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.6.3366-3372.2004     Document Type: Article

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