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Generation and characterization of Clostridium septicum alpha toxin mutants and their use in diagnosing paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 12 Nov 2004
Shin Dong-Jun, Lee Je-Jung, Choy Hyon E, Hong Yeongjin
Abstract excerpt
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors various proteins to the membrane of eukaryotic cells. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a hematopoietic stem cell disorder that is primarily due to the lack of GPI-anchored proteins on the surface of blood cells. To detect the GPI-deficient cells in PNH patients, we modified alpha toxin, a pore-forming toxin of the Gram-positive bacterium Clostridium septicum....
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