Crystal structure of the anthrax toxin protective antigen

Nature

Volumn 385, Issue 6619, 1997, Pages 833-838

  Petosa, Carlo ^a   Collier, R John ^b   Klimpel, Kurt R ^c   Leppla, Stephen H ^c   Liddington, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CELL RECEPTOR; FURIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HOST CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0031052342     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/385833a0     Document Type: Article

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