Structure and molecular mechanism of a functional form of pneumolysin: A cholesterol-dependent cytolysin from Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-81

  Kelly, Stephen J ^a   Jedrzejas, Mark J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol dependant cytolysin; Molecular mechanism; Pneumolysin; Pore formation; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOLYSIN; PNEUMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034501065     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2000.4308     Document Type: Article

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