Carbohydrate inhibitors of cholera toxin

Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by a protein toxin released by Vibrio cholera in the host’s intestine. The toxin enters intestinal epithelial cells after binding to specific carbohydrates on the cell surface. Over recent years, considerable effort has been invested in developing inhibitors of...

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Main Authors: Vajinder Kumar, W. Bruce Turnbull
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2018-02-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.14.34