Blockers of VacA provide insights into the structure of the pore

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 863-873

  Tombola, Francesco ^a   Del Giudice, Giuseppe ^b   Papini, Emanuele ^c   Zoratti, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' DIISOTHIOCYANATOSTILBENE 2,2' DISULFONIC ACID; 5 NITRO 2 (3 PHENYLPROPYLAMINO)BENZOIC ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DIFFUSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0033899160     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76342-9     Document Type: Article

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