Assembly of staphylococcus aureus leukocidin into a pore-forming ring-shaped oligomer on human polymorphonuclear leukocytes and rabbit erythrocytes

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 884-891

  Sugawara, Noriko ^a   Tomita, Toshio ^a   Sato, Tsuruji ^a   Kamio, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human polymorphonuclear leukocyte; Leukocidin; Membrane pore; Rabbit erythrocyte; Ring shaped structure

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

LEUKOCIDIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUTROPHILS; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033125070     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.884     Document Type: Article

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