Clostridium difficile Toxin B as a Probe for Rho GTPases

Bacterial Toxins: Tools in Cell Biology and Pharmacology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 159-168

  Just, I ^a   Selzer, J ^a   Hofmann, F ^a   Aktories, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucosylation; Glucosyltransferases; Hydrophobic; Microiniected; Morphological

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954234935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527614615.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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