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Toxin Function

Toxin Function is a scholarly contribution in the field of microbiology that specifies the biochemical or physiological mechanism by which a bacterial toxin exerts pathogenic effects on host cells, thereby distinguishing it from other research outputs through its focus on the functional role and mode of action of toxin molecules.

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405

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Vero response to a cytotoxin of Escherichia coli

Jack Konowalchuk, Joan I. Speirs, S. Stavrić · Infection and Immunity · 1977 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Glucosylation of Rho proteins by Clostridium difficile toxin B

Ingo Just, Jörg Selzer, Matthias Wilm et al. · Nature · 1995 · 1K citations

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A Cre-inducible diphtheria toxin receptor mediates cell lineage ablation after toxin administration

Thorsten Buch, Frank L. Heppner, Christine Tertilt et al. · Nature Methods · 2005 · 935 citations

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The role of toxin A and toxin B in Clostridium difficile infection

Sarah A. Kuehne, Stephen T. Cartman, John Heap et al. · Nature · 2010 · 875 citations

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Site of action of a Vero toxin (VT2) from <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7 and of Shiga toxin on eukaryotic ribosomes

Yaeta Endo, Kunio Tsurugi, Takashi Yutsudo et al. · European Journal of Biochemistry · 1988 · 786 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. KA
    Klaus Aktories

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    64 publications · 6K citations

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  2. MR
    Michel R. Popoff

    Institut Pasteur, France

    49 publications · 3.5K citations

    33

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  3. RJ
    R. John Collier

    Harvard University, United States

    40 publications · 4.7K citations

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  4. SH
    Stephen H. Leppla

    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States

    38 publications · 4.2K citations

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  5. IP
    Ira Pastan

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    41 publications · 3.2K citations

    28

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Institutions

2.4K

  1. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    52 h-index

    361 publications

    27.2K citations

  2. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    51 h-index

    347 publications

    21.5K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    45 h-index

    369 publications

    19.1K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    42 h-index

    216 publications

    19.4K citations

  5. University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    37 h-index

    231 publications

    16.1K citations

  6. United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

    Frederick, United States

    35 h-index

    145 publications

    9.6K citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    32 h-index

    186 publications

    9.9K citations

  8. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    32 h-index

    137 publications

    11.6K citations

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  1. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 445 publications · 32.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 281 publications · 23.8K citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 87 publications · 9.8K citations

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  4. The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    JID · 79 publications · 5.7K citations

    48

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  5. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 117 publications · 6.5K citations

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