Binding of Catechins to Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A

Staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) is a toxin protein, and is the most common cause of staphylococcal food poisoning. Polyphenols, such as catechins, are known to interact with proteins. In this study, we investigated the binding of catechins to SEA using SPR (Biacore), Fourier transform infrared sp...

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Main Authors: Yuko Shimamura, Mio Utsumi, Chikako Hirai, Shogo Nakano, Sohei Ito, Ai Tsuji, Takeshi Ishii, Takahiro Hosoya, Toshiyuki Kan, Norio Ohashi, Shuichi Masuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/5/1125