Identification and characterization of a novel botulinum neurotoxin
There are seven well-established types of Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs). Here the authors report the identification and characterization of a new type of BoNT—BoNT/X—which cleaves a different site on canonical BoNTs substrates and targets SNARE family members not cleaved by known BoNTs.
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14130 |