Structural and functional characterisation of two proteolytic fragments of the bacterial protein toxin, pneumolysin

FEBS Letters

Volumn 412, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 563-567

  Morgan, Peter J ^a   Harrison, Gayle ^a   Freestone, Primrose P E ^a   Crane, Dennis ^b   Rowe, Arthur J ^a   Mitchell, Timothy J ^a,c   Andrew, Peter W ^a   Gilbert, Robert J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Circular dichroism; Domain structure and function; Electron microscopy; Pneumolysin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; LIPOSOMES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STREPTOLYSINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030852142     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00838-7     Document Type: Article

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