Characterization of point mutations in the cdtA gene of the cytolethal distending toxin of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1303-1321

  Cao, Linsen ^a   Volgina, Alla ^a   Huang, Chuang Ming ^a   Korostoff, Jonathan ^a   DiRienzo, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; FUCOSE; GLYCOPROTEIN; THYROGLOBULIN; TOXIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHO CELL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; GENE LIBRARY; GLYCOSIDES; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRITERPENES;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETULUS GRISEUS; EUKARYOTA; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 28244481086     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04905.x     Document Type: Article

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