Mechanism of the leakage induced on lipid model membranes by the hemolytic protein sticholysin II from the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 284-289

  De Los Rios, Vivian ^a   Mancheño, José M ^a   Lanio, María E ^b   Oñaderra, Mercedes ^a   Gavilanes, José G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cytolysin; Lipid vesicle; Membrane permeabilization; Protein lipid interaction

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; MARINE TOXIN; POLYPEPTIDE; SPHINGOMYELIN; STICHOLYSIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE; HEMOLYSIS; KINETICS; LIPID VESICLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ANEMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHALENES; PARTICLE SIZE; PEPTIDES; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEA ANEMONES; SPHINGOMYELINS;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; HELIANTHUS; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0032032911     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2520284.x     Document Type: Article

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