Phospholipase C and sphingomyelinase activities of the Clostridium perfringens α-toxin

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-57

  Urbina, Patricia ^a   Flores Díaz, Marietta ^b   Alape Girón, Alberto ^b   Alonso, Alicia ^a   Goni, Félix M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Toxin; Clostridium; Liposome aggregation; Phospholipase C; Sphingomyelinase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; DETERGENT; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPOSOMES; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 63649103381     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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