Molecular analysis of the cytolytic protein ClyA (SheA) from Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1226-1238

  Oscarsson, Jan ^a   Mizunoe, Yoshimitsu ^a,b   Li, Lu ^a   Lai, Xin He ^a   Wieslander, Åke ^a   Uhlin, Bernt Eric ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOLYSIN; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; CYTOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LIPOSOMES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0033031407     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01435.x     Document Type: Article

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