Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin targets granule cells in the mouse cerebellum and stimulates glutamate release

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Lonchamp, Etienne ^a   Dupont, Jean Luc ^a   Wioland, Laetitia ^a   Courjaret, Raphaël ^a,c   Mbebi Liegeois, Corinne ^a   Jover, Emmanuel ^a   Doussau, Frédéric ^a   Popoff, Michel R ^b   Bossu, Jean Louis ^a   de Barry, Jean ^a   Poulain, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EPSILON TOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON-TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CEREBELLUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATCH CLAMP; PURKINJE CELL; STAINING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TARGET CELL; TISSUE CULTURE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 77958608837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013046     Document Type: Article

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