Mechanisms of equinatoxin II-induced transport through the membrane of a giant phospholipid vesicle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 944-953

  Mally, M ^a   Majhenc, J ^a   Svetina, S ^a,b   Zeks B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUINATOXIN; EQUINATOXIN II; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 2 OLEOYL 1 PALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; COELENTERATE VENOM; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; SEA ANEMONE; WATER CONTENT; ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ACTINIA; ACTINIA EQUINA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOPHYSICS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SEA ANEMONES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035997034     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75220-X     Document Type: Article

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