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Membrane perturbing properties of toxin mycolactone from Mycobacterium ulcerans

Mycolactone is the exotoxin produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans and is the virulence factor behind the neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer. The toxin has a broad spectrum of biological effects within the host organism, stemming from its interaction with at least two molecular targets and the inhi...

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Autores principales: López, Cesar A., Unkefer, Clifford J., Swanson, Basil I., Swanson, Jessica M. J., Gnanakaran, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29401455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005972