Published February 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Decoding glycan recognition by bacterial toxins

Description

Functional and structural studies highlight the remarkable evolution and features of the typhoid toxin from Salmonella Typhi. This reveals that attachment of the toxin to specific N-glycan chains accounts for its tropism for selected human tissues.

Abstract

Comment on : In vivo tropism of Salmonella Typhi toxin to cells expressing a multiantennal glycan receptor. [Nat Microbiol. 2018]

Abstract

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