Diphtheria toxin

The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 111-132

  Gillet, Daniel ^a   Barbier, Julien ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

ADP ribosyl transferase; Catalytic; Corynebacterium; Diphtamide; Diphtheria; HB EGF; Membrane interaction; Receptor binding; Translocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028282256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800188-2.00004-5     Document Type: Chapter

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