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Functional Study of Haemophilus ducreyi Cytolethal Distending Toxin Subunit B.
Toxins - 19 Aug 2020
Pons Benoît J, Loiseau Nicolas, Hashim Saleha, Tadrist Soraya, Mirey Gladys, Vignard Julien
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The Cytolethal Distending Toxin (CDT) is produced by many Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria responsible for major foodborne diseases worldwide. CDT induces DNA damage and cell cycle arrest in host-cells, eventually leading to senescence or apoptosis. According to structural and sequence comparison, the catalytic subunit CdtB is suggested to possess both nuclease and phosphatase activities, carried by a single...
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