The Bacillus cereus Hbl and Nhe Tripartite Enterotoxin Components Assemble Sequentially on the Surface of Target Cells and Are Not Interchangeable

Inka Sastalla; Rasem Fattah; Nicole Coppage; Poulomi Nandy; Devorah Crown; Andrei P. Pomerantsev; Stephen H. Leppla

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076955

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The Bacillus cereus Hbl and Nhe Tripartite Enterotoxin Components Assemble Sequentially on the Surface of Target Cells and Are Not Interchangeable

Inka Sastalla ,

* E-mail: sastallai@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Rasem Fattah,

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Nicole Coppage,

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Poulomi Nandy,

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Devorah Crown,

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Andrei P. Pomerantsev,

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Stephen H. Leppla

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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The Bacillus cereus Hbl and Nhe Tripartite Enterotoxin Components Assemble Sequentially on the Surface of Target Cells and Are Not Interchangeable

Inka Sastalla,
Rasem Fattah,
Nicole Coppage,
Poulomi Nandy,
Devorah Crown,
Andrei P. Pomerantsev,
Stephen H. Leppla

Published: October 18, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076955

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