Channel-forming activity and channel size of the RTX toxins ApxI, ApxII, and ApxIII of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4415-4423

  Maier, Elke ^a   Reinhard, Nils ^a   Benz, Roland ^a   Frey, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029911276     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4415-4423.1996     Document Type: Article

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