Pore-forming properties of the plasmid-encoded hemolysin of enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli O157:H7

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 594-601

  Schmidt, Herbert ^a   Maier, Elke ^b   Karch, Helge ^a   Benz, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Channel formation; Escherichia coli O157; Hemolysin from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157; Lipid bilayer membrane; Repeats in toxin

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029908717     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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