Acyl chains are responsible for the irreversibility in the Escherichia coli α-hemolysin binding to membranes

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 185-190

  Herlax V ^a   Bakas L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acylated protein; Hemolysin; Lytic toxin; Prohemolysin; Protein membrane interaction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; GUANIDINE; HEMOLYSIN; LIPOSOME; OLEOYLPALMITOYLLECITHIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037274820     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(02)00191-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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