Thiol-activated cytolysins: Structure, function and role in pathogenesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-205

  Billington, Stephen J ^a   Jost, B Helen ^a   Songer, J Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathogenesis; Pore formation; Structure; Thiol activation; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOKINE; CYTOLYSIN; THIOL; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIGEN BINDING; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MEMBRANE BINDING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033986813     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00536-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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