Reversible adsorption and nonreversible insertion of Escherichia coli α-hemolysin into lipid bilayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1869-1876

  Bakás, Laura ^a,c   Ostolaza, Helena ^a   Vaz, Winchil L C ^b   Goñi, Félix M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOLYSIN; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HORSE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029793144     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79386-4     Document Type: Article

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