The mechanism of membrane insertion for a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin: A novel paradigm for pore-forming toxins

Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-299

  Shatursky, Oleg ^a   Heuck, Alejandro P ^b   Shepard, Laura A ^a   Rossjohn, Jamie ^d   Parker, Michael W ^d   Johnson, Arthur E ^b,c   Tweten, Rodney K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYSTEINE; CYTOLYSIN; MONOMER; POLYPEPTIDE; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0033615736     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81660-8     Document Type: Article

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