Staphylococcal alpha-toxin, streptolysin-O, and Escherichia coli hemolysin: Prototypes of pore-forming bacterial cytolysins

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-79

  Bhakdi, S ^a   Bayley, H ^c   Valeva, A ^a   Walev, I ^a   Walker, B ^c   Weller, U ^a   Kehoe, M ^b   Palmer, M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha toxin; Escherichia coli hemolysin; Microbial pathogenesis; Streptolysin O; Transmembrane pores

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIOCIN; CYTOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; STREPTOLYSIN O;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 0029916264     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050300     Document Type: Review

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