Staphylococcal α-hemolysin can form hexamers in phospholipid bilayers

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-330

  Czajkowsky, Daniel M ^a   Sheng, Sitong ^a   Shao, Zhifeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; OLIGOMER; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032548897     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1535     Document Type: Article

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