Heart and T-lymphocyte cell surfaces both exhibit positive cooperativity in binding a membrane-lytic toxin

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-122

  Stevens Truss, R ^a,b   Messer Jr , W S ^a   Hinman, C L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiotoxin; Cooperative binding; Cytolysis; Cytotoxin; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTOXIN; COBROTOXIN; CYTOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; COOPERATION; CYTOLYSIS; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; COBRA VENOMS; CYTOTOXINS; HEART; HUMANS; KINETICS; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN BINDING; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029968795     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900035     Document Type: Article

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