High resolution structural analysis of Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin oligomers by cryo-negative staining electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-228

  El Bez, Catherine ^a   Adrian, Marc ^a   Dubochet, Jacques ^a   Cover, Timothy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo negative staining; Cryoelectron microscopy; Cytotoxin; Helicobacter pylori; Three dimensional reconstruction; VacA

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMER; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MUTATION; NEGATIVE STAINING;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 25144442682     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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