Functional implications of lethal toxin-catalysed glucosylation of (H/K/N)Ras and Rac1 in Clostridium sordellii-associated disease

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 959-965

  Genth, Harald ^a   Just, Ingo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin re organization; Adherens junction; Apoptosis; Cell cycle arrest; Clostridium difficile; Cytokine release; Diarrhoea; Gas gangrene; Oedema; Phagocytotic cells; Toxin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN TCSH; PROTEIN TCSL; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; TAUROURSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPITHELIUM; EXTRAVASATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOCATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII;

EID: 80052681298     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: 16181298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.10.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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