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Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Clostridium perfringens ε-Toxin Cytotoxicity Using a Cell-Based High-Throughput Screen

The Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin, a select agent, is responsible for a severe, often fatal enterotoxemia characterized by edema in the heart, lungs, kidney, and brain. The toxin is believed to be an oligomeric pore-forming toxin. Currently, there is no effective therapy for countering the c...

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Autores principales: Lewis, Michelle, Weaver, Charles David, McClain, Mark S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2922765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20721308
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins2071825