Crystal structure of a colicin N fragment suggests a model for toxicity

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 863-874

  Vetter, Ingrid R ^a,f   Parker, Michael W ^b,f   Tucker, Alec D ^c,f   Lakey, Jeremy H ^d,f   Pattus, Franc ^e,f   Tsernoglou, Demetrius ^f,g  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colicins; Membrane translocation; Porin; Receptor binding; Toxin structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032528046     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00088-4     Document Type: Article

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