Structure-function relationship of the ion channel formed by diphtheria toxin in Vero cell membranes

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Lanzrein, M ^a,c   Falnes, P O ^a   Sand, O ^b   Olsnes, S ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diphtheria toxin; Ion channel; Membrane translocation; Patch clamp; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030900233     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900196     Document Type: Article

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