Staphylococcal α-toxin: The role of the N-terminus in formation of the heptameric pore - A fluorescence study

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1325, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-286

  Valeva, Angela ^a   Pongs, Judith ^a   Bhakdi, Sucharit ^a   Palmer, Michael ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Toxin; Heptameric pore; N terminus; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE BINDING; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYRENES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030970096     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(96)00266-0     Document Type: Article

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