Cytolethal distending toxin (CDT): Genetic diversity, structure and role in diarrheal disease

Toxin Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-88

  Yamasaki, Shinji ^a   Asakura, Masahiro ^a   Tsukamoto, Teizo ^b   Faruque, Shah M ^c   Deb, Reema ^d   Ramamurthy, T ^d  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Campylobacter spp; CDT; Cytolethal distending toxin; Diarrhea; E. coli

Indexed keywords

CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN;

DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 32844464940     PISSN: 15569543     EISSN: 15569551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15569540500320938     Document Type: Review

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