Subunit composition of a bicomponent toxin: Staphylococcal leukocidin forms an octameric transmembrane pore

Protein Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 894-902

  Miles, George ^a,b   Movileanu, Liviu ^a,b   Bayley, Hagan ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

barrel; Leukocidin; Membrane protein; Pore forming toxin; Protein protein interaction; Staphylococcal hemolysin; Subunit stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; LEUKOCIDIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONDUCTANCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LEUKOCIDINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; HOMO; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036128759     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.4360102     Document Type: Article

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