A Segment of 97 Amino Acids within the Translocation Domain of Clostridium difficile Toxin B Is Essential for Toxicity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Yongrong ^a   Shi, Lianfa ^b   Li, Shan ^b   Yang, Zhiyong ^b   Standley, Clive ^c   Yang, Zhong ^a   ZhuGe, Ronghua ^c   Savidge, Tor ^d   Wang, Xiaoning ^a   Feng, Hanping ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHYTIC ACID; RAC1 PROTEIN; RECEPTOR BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TARGET CELL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENCE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84874593375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058634     Document Type: Article

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