Studies on the structure and mechanism of a bacterial protein toxin by analytical ultracentrifugation and small-angle neutron scattering

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1145-1160

  Gilbert, Robert J C ^a   Heenan, Richard K ^b   Timmins, Peter A ^c   Gingles, Neill A ^a   Mitchell, Timothy J ^d   Rowe, Arthur J ^a   Rossjohn, Jamie ^e   Parker, Michael W ^e   Andrew, Peter W ^a   Byron, Olwyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Hydrophobic mismatch; Pore forming toxin; Protein protein interactions; Small angle neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; GRAMICIDIN; LIPOSOME; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033550317     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3210     Document Type: Article

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