Binding of ε-toxin from Clostridium perfringens in the nervous system

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 14-25

  Dorca Arévalo, Jonatan ^a   Soler Jover, Alex ^a   Gibert, Maryse ^b   Popoff, Michel R ^b   Martín Satué, Mireia ^a   Blasi, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Toxin; Clostridium perfringens; Glutamate release; Myelin

Indexed keywords

EPSILON TOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MYELIN; TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON-TOXIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EXCITOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTOXICATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME; TOXEMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROTOXEMIA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYELIN SHEATH; PROTEIN BINDING; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BOS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXEMIA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 48849090571     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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