Two-dimensional crystallization on lipid monolayers and three- dimensional structure of sticholysin II, a cytolysin from the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3186-3194

  Martín Benito, Jaime ^a,c   Gavilanes, Francisco ^a   De Los Ríos, Vivian ^a   Mancheño, José M ^a   Fernández, José J ^b   Gavilanes, José G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TETRAMER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; LIPID MONOLAYER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEA ANEMONE;

EID: 0343091467     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76855-X     Document Type: Article

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