The attachment, internalization, and Time-Dependent, intracellular distribution of clostridium difficile Toxin a in porcine intestinal explants

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 369-380

  Keel, M K ^a,b   Songer, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alpha galactosyl epitope; bacterial; Clostridium difficile; gastrointestinal; immunoelectron microscopy; swine; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAMSTER; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SWINE; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENTEROTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; SUS SCROFA; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 79953792310     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985810380395     Document Type: Article

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