Changing the Receptor Specificity of Anthrax Toxin

ABSTRACT The actions of many bacterial toxins depend on their ability to bind to one or more cell-surface receptors. Anthrax toxin acts by a sequence of events that begins when the protective-antigen (PA) moiety of the toxin binds to either one of two cell-surface proteins, ANTXR1 and ANTXR2, and is...

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Main Authors: Adva Mechaly, Andrew J. McCluskey, R. John Collier
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/41d69d926d1248ddba00e28a2290cfc0
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