Oligomerization and structural changes of the pore-forming Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytotoxin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 221-230

  Sliwinski Korell, Annette ^b   Engelhardt, Harald ^a   Kampka, Marita ^c   Lutz, Frieder ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attenuated total reflection; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Oligomerization; Pore formation; Protein secondary structure; Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytotoxin

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ION CHANNELS; LEUKOCIDINS; LIPOSOMES; MICELLES; MYRISTIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033214134     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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