DXD motif-dependent and -independent effects of the Chlamydia trachomatis cytotoxin CT166

Toxins

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 621-637

  Bothe, Miriam ^a   Dutow, Pavel ^a   Pich, Andreas ^a   Genth, Harald ^a   Klos, Andreas ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Clostridium difficile toxin B; Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin; Glycosyltransferase; Ras; Rho

Indexed keywords

CT166; CYTOTOXIN; K RAS PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAC PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CT166 PROTEIN, CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MIGRATION ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DXD MOTIF; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCRATCH ASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL CYCLE; CELL MOTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELA CELL LINE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CELL CYCLE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOTOXINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MUTATION; RAS PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84923129480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7020621     Document Type: Article

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