Roles of Glu 349 and Asp 352 in membrane insertion and translocation by diphtheria toxin

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 687-692

  Kaul, Poonam ^a   Silverman, Jared ^a,c   Shen, Wei Hai ^a,d   Blanke, Steven R ^a   Huynh, Paul D ^b   Finkelstein, Alan ^b   Collier, R John ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

diphtheria toxin; membrane insertion; membrane translocation; pH dependence

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENDOSOME; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VERO CELL;

EID: 0029986990     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050413     Document Type: Article

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