Comparative modeling of amoebapores and granulysin based on the NK-lysin structure - Structural and functional implications

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 1001-1007

  Bruhn, Heike ^a   Leippe, Matthias ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Cytolytic lymphocytes; Entamoeba histolytica; NK cells; Pore formation; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GRANULYSIN; LYSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; ION CHANNELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEOLIPIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0032876977     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.124     Document Type: Article

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