Vibrio cholerae cytolysin is composed of an α-hemolysin-like core

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 379-383

  Olson, Rich ^a   Gouaux, Eric ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

hemolysin; Cytolysin; Lectin; Leukocidin; Pore forming bacterial toxins; Ricin; Staphylococcus aureus; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; CYTOLYSIN; LEUKOCIDIN; LIPID; PLANT LECTIN; PROTEINASE; RICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIBRIO CHOLERAE CYTOLYSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CYTOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RICIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0037302443     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0231703     Document Type: Article

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