How the loop and middle regions influence the properties of Helicobacter pylori VacA channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 3204-3215

  Tombola, Francesco ^a   Pagliaccia, Cristina ^b   Campello, Silvia ^a   Telford, John L ^b   Montecucco, Cesare ^a   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

CYTOTOXIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DELETION MUTANT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0035201292     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75956-5     Document Type: Article

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