Haemorrhagic toxin and lethal toxin from Clostridium sordellii strain vpi9048: Molecular characterization and comparative analysis of substrate specificity of the large clostridial glucosylating toxins

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1706-1721

  Genth, Harald ^a   Pauillac, Serge ^b   Schelle, Ilona ^a   Bouvet, Philippe ^b   Bouchier, Christiane ^b   Varela Chavez, Carolina ^b   Just, Ingo ^a   Popoff, Michel R ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAS PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOB GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TCDA 10463 TOXIN; TCDB 10463 TOXIN; TCDB 1470 TOXIN; TCDB 196 TOXIN; TCDB CD196 TOXIN; TCDBF 1470 TOXIN; TCNA TOXIN; TCSH 9048 TOXIN; TCSL 6018 TOXIN; TCSL 82 TOXIN; TCSL 9048 TOXIN; TPEL TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMORRHAGIC TOXIN HT, CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; LETHAL TOXIN LT, CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DEPOLYMERIZATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FOCAL ADHESION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VERO CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84916628154     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12321     Document Type: Article

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