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Cholera Toxin Analysis to Vaccine Design

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The cholera toxin (CT) from Vibrio cholerae is responsible for the clinical symptoms of cholera. CT is a hetero-hexamer (AB5) protein complex consisting of a CTA subunit with a pentamer (B5) of CTB. The AB5 hexamer complex is associated with the pathogenesis of the disease. Therefore, it is of interest to study the structure of CT analyzing the nature of interfaces between CTA and CTB to characterize mutations in known serogroups. The importance of mutations in these interfaces among known serogroups is relevant in the design of an effective vaccine candidate for cholera.

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Kangueane, P. (2018). Cholera Toxin Analysis to Vaccine Design. In: Bioinformation Discovery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95327-4_8

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