Identification of functional domains of Clostridium septicum alpha toxin

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 48, 2006, Pages 14347-14354

  Melton Witt, Jody A ^a,b   Bentsen, Lori M ^a   Tweten, Rodney K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; OLIGOMERS; PORE SIZE;

AEROLYSIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; TRANSMEMBRANES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

AEROLYSIN; ALPHA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM;

EID: 33845261772     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061334p     Document Type: Article

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