Evidence for a prepore stage in the action of clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Robertson, Susan L ^a   Li, Jihong ^a   Uzal, Francisco A ^b   McClane, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EPSILON TOXIN; PRONASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON-TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CHANNEL GATING; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOG; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DOGS; KIDNEY; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 79960135940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022053     Document Type: Article

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