Nonrestricted Differential Intoxication of Cells by Pertussis Toxin

Ali el Bayâ, Kerstin E. Brückener, M. Alexander Schmidt

Infection and Immunity · 1999 · 22 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

After uptake and retrograde transport pertussis toxin acts by ADP-ribosylating alpha-Gi proteins. We show that uptake via many different receptor proteins followed by retrograde transport and intoxication is not restricted to a particular cell type. The efficiency of cellular intoxication, however, was found to be cell type dependent.

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