Pore-forming properties of proteolytically nicked staphylococcal α toxin: The ion channel in planar lipid bilayer membranes

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-61

  Krasilnikov, Oleg V ^a,b   Merzlyak, Petr G ^a,b   Yuldasheva, Liliya N ^b,c   Azimova, Rushana K ^a   Nogueira, Romildo A ^b  

^a Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences   (Uzbekistan)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c TASHKENT PEDIATRIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Alpha toxin; Erythrocyte; Ion channel; Planar lipid bilayer; Proteinase K

Indexed keywords

ANION; CATION; ION CHANNEL; PROTEINASE K; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0030844506     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050046     Document Type: Article

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