Botulinum neurotoxin types A and E require the SNARE motif in SNAP‐25 for proteolysis
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- 24 November 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 418 (1-2) , 1-5
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01328-8
Abstract
Botulinum neurotoxins type A and E (BoNT/A and BoNT/E) are metalloproteases with a unique specificity for SNAP‐25 (synaptosome‐associated protein of 25 kDa), an essential protein component of the neu...Keywords
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