Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin binds to the second extracellular loop of claudin‐3, a tight junction integral membrane protein
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- 3 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 476 (3), 258-261
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01744-0
Abstract
Claudins (claudin‐1 to ‐18) with four transmembrane domains and two extracellular loops constitute tight junction strands. The peptide toxin Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) has been shown t...Keywords
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