Membrane insertion: The strategies of toxins (Review)

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 45-64

  Lesieur, C ^a   Vecsey Semjen B ^a   Abrami, L ^a   Fivaz, M ^a   Gisou Van Der Goot, F ^a  

^a Faculte des Sciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Membrane insertion; Oligomerization; Pore; Toxins; barrel

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN;

ALPHA HELIX; APOPTOSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 1842366108     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687689709068435     Document Type: Review

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