Cryptic clues as to how water-soluble protein toxins form pores in membranes

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Parker, Michael W ^a  

^a ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytolysins; Hemolysins; Membrane insertion; Pore forming toxins

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; ANTHRAX PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN; CYTOLYSIN; ENDOTOXIN; EQUINATOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 0141543873     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00106-5     Document Type: Review

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