Two structural transitions in membrane pore formation by pneumolysin, the pore-forming toxin of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Cell

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 647-655

  Gilbert, Robert J C ^a,d   Jiménez, Jose L ^b   Chen, Shaoxia ^b   Tickle, Ian J ^b   Rossjohn, Jamie ^c   Parker, Michael ^c   Andrew, Peter W ^a   Saibil, Heien R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033612389     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80775-8     Document Type: Article

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