Structural organization of the functional domains of Clostridium difficile toxins A and B

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 13467-13472

  Pruitt, Rory N ^a   Chambers, Melissa G ^a   Ng, Kenneth K S ^b   Ohi, Melanie D ^a   Lacy, D Borden ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial toxin; Electron microscopy; Pore formation

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSOME; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL LINE; CRICETULUS; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CHO CELLS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROTOXINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 77955782233     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1002199107     Document Type: Article

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