Quantification of diphtheria toxin-mediated ADP-ribosylation in a solid-phase assay

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1676-1683

  Bachran, Christopher ^a   Sutherland, Mark ^a,b   Bachran, Diana ^a   Fuchs, Hendrik ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYL CYCLASE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; ELONGATION FACTOR; EUKARYOTIC ELONGATION FACTOR 2; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; SEPHAROSE; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COLORIMETRY; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; EXOTOXINS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 2; PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; EUKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

EID: 34548303440     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.085365     Document Type: Article

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