Clostridium difficile toxin B activates dual caspase-dependent and caspase-independent apoptosis in intoxicated cells
Open Access
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Cellular Microbiology
- Vol. 4 (7) , 425-434
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1462-5822.2002.00201.x
Abstract
Clostridium difficile toxin B (TcdB) inactivates the small GTPases Rho, Rac and Cdc42 during intoxi-cation of mammalian cells. In the current work, we show that TcdB has the potential to stimulate c...Keywords
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