A Conformational Shift in the Dissociated Cholera Toxin A1 Subunit Prevents Reassembly of the Cholera Holotoxin
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Experimental Section
3.1. Isolation of CTA1 from CTA
3.2. Holotoxin Assembly Detected by SPR
3.3. Intoxication Assay with Re-Assembled Holotoxin
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Taylor, M.; Curtis, D.; Teter, K. A Conformational Shift in the Dissociated Cholera Toxin A1 Subunit Prevents Reassembly of the Cholera Holotoxin. Toxins 2015, 7, 2674-2684. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins7072674
Taylor M, Curtis D, Teter K. A Conformational Shift in the Dissociated Cholera Toxin A1 Subunit Prevents Reassembly of the Cholera Holotoxin. Toxins. 2015; 7(7):2674-2684. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins7072674
Chicago/Turabian StyleTaylor, Michael, David Curtis, and Ken Teter. 2015. "A Conformational Shift in the Dissociated Cholera Toxin A1 Subunit Prevents Reassembly of the Cholera Holotoxin" Toxins 7, no. 7: 2674-2684. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins7072674
APA StyleTaylor, M., Curtis, D., & Teter, K. (2015). A Conformational Shift in the Dissociated Cholera Toxin A1 Subunit Prevents Reassembly of the Cholera Holotoxin. Toxins, 7(7), 2674-2684. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins7072674