Effects of the eukaryotic pore-forming cytolysin equinatoxin II on lipid membranes and the role of sphingomyelin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2382-2392

  Bonev, Boyan B ^a,f   Lam, Yuen Han ^b   Anderluh, Gregor ^c   Watts, Anthony ^a   Norton, Raymond S ^d,e   Separovict, Frances ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; DEUTERIUM; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; EQUINATOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHORUS 31; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; DEUTERON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEA ANEMONE;

ACTINIA; ACTINIA EQUINA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037379727     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75044-9     Document Type: Article

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