Article
High-yield production of diphtheria toxin mutants by high-density culture of C7 (beta)tox+ strains grown in a non-deferrated medium.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Apr 1995
Fass R, Bahar S, Kaufman J, Shiloach J
Abstract excerpt
A high-density growth approach was utilized to produce mutated diphtheria toxin from two strains of Corynebacterium diphtheria: C7 (beta)(tox-201,tox-9) and C7 (beta)(tox-107). The cross-reacting mutants (CRM) of the diphtheria toxin are CRM9 and CRM107; both of them carry the mutation in their binding site and, as a result, have 1/300 of the systemic toxicity of the wild-type diphtheria toxin. Since iron...
Topics
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Culture Media
- Diphtheria Toxin
- Glucose
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Iron
- Mutation
