Acid-induced dissociation of VacA, the Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin, reveals its pattern of assembly

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 759-769

  Cover, Timothy L ^a,b   Hanson, Phyllis I ^c   Heuser, John E ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BUFFERS; CYTOTOXINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FREEZE ETCHING; HELA CELLS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; VACUOLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICA;

EID: 0030809535     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.4.759     Document Type: Article

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