Tailored ß-Cyclodextrin Blocks the Translocation Pores of Binary Exotoxins from C. Botulinum and C. Perfringens and Protects Cells from Intoxication

• Ekaterina M. Nestorovich,

  Affiliations Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Program in Physical Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Vladimir A. Karginov,

  Affiliation Innovative Biologics, Inc., Herndon, Virginia, United States of America

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• Michel R. Popoff,

  Affiliation Department of Host-Pathogen Interactions, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

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• Sergey M. Bezrukov,

  Affiliation Program in Physical Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Holger Barth

  * E-mail: holger.barth@uni-ulm.de

  Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany

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