Crystal structure of the cytotoxic bacterial protein colicin B at 2.5 Å resolution

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 711-720

  Hilsenbeck, Jacqueline L ^a   Park, Hajeung ^a   Chen, Gregory ^a   Youn, Buhyun ^a   Postle, Kathleen ^a   Kang, ChulHee ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN B;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSLOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLICINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1242297815     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2003.03884.x     Document Type: Article

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