Identification of a Prepore Large-Complex Stage in the Mechanism of Action of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin
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Identification of a Prepore Large-Complex Stage in the Mechanism of Action of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin James G. Smedley III, Francisco A. Uzal, and Bruce A. McClane* Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry and Molecular Virology and Microbiology Graduate Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
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[The mechanism of action of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin].
Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) is the etiological agent of the third most common food-borne illness in the United States. The enteropathogenic effects of CPE result from formation of large CPE-containing complexes in eukaryotic cell membranes. Formation of these approximately 155- and approximately 200-kDa complexes coincides with plasma membrane permeability changes in eukaryotic ce...
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