Inactivation and activity of cholesterol-dependent cytolysins: What structural studies tell us

Structure

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1097-1106

  Gilbert, Robert J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOLYSIN; MONOMER; PERFRINGOLYSIN; PNEUMOLYSIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHANNEL GATING; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 23444457403     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2005.04.019     Document Type: Article

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