Cysteine-scanning mutagenesis of an eukaryotic pore-forming toxin from sea anemone. Topology in lipid membranes

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 128-136

  Anderluh, Gregor ^a   Barlič, Ariana ^a   Podlesek, Zdravko ^a   Maček, Peter ^a   Pungerčar, Jože ^b   Gubenšek, Franc ^b   Zecchini, Maria Lucia ^c   Serra, Mauro Dalla ^c   Menestrina, Gianfranco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrylodan; Biotin maleimide; Cysteine scanning mutagenesis; Pore forming protein; Sea anemone

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; SEA ANEMONE TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; LIPID MEMBRANE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ANEMONE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; AVIDIN; BINDING SITES; BIOTIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CYSTEINE; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEA ANEMONES; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0033168404     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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