Application of mutated Clostridium difficile toxin A for determination of glucosyltransferase-dependent effects

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 6006-6010

  Teichert, Matthias ^a   Tatge, Helma ^a   Schoentaube, Janett ^a   Just, Ingo ^a   Gerhard, Ralf ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN RHOB; RHO FACTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CACO-2 CELLS; ENTEROTOXINS; FIBROBLASTS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; RHOB GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33749257130     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00545-06     Document Type: Article

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