Unique ganglioside recognition strategies for clostridial neurotoxins.
Benson, M.A., Fu, Z., Kim, J.J., Baldwin, M.R.(2011) J Biol Chem 286: 34015-34022
- PubMed: 21849494 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.272054
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3RSJ - PubMed Abstract: 
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) and tetanus neurotoxin are the causative agents of the paralytic diseases botulism and tetanus, respectively. The potency of the clostridial neurotoxins (CNTs) relies primarily on their highly specific binding to nerve terminals and cleavage of SNARE proteins ...