Mimicry of a host anion channel by a Helicobacter pylori pore-forming toxin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3093-3101

  Czajkowsky, Daniel M ^a   Iwamoto, Hideki ^b   Szabo, Gabor ^a   Cover, Timothy L ^b   Shao, Zhifeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION CHANNEL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 27744597020     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.066746     Document Type: Article

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