Shiga toxin (Stx) classification, structure, and function

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Melton Celsa, Angela R ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BINDING; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL; BABOON; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICE; PAPIO; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SHIGA TOXIN;

EID: 84923198341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.EHEC-0024-2013     Document Type: Article

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