Topography of the hydrophilic helices of membrane-inserted diphtheria toxin T domain: TH1-TH3 as a hydrophilic tether

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 8124-8134

  Wang, Jie ^a   Rosconi, Michael P ^a   London, Erwin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMERS; PH EFFECTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOTINYLATED CYS RESIDUES; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHERS; HYDROPHILIC HELICES; HYDROPHILIC TETHER;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

BORON DIPYRROMETHANE; CYSTEINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BIOTINYLATION; EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY;

BORON COMPOUNDS; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33745626479     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi060587f     Document Type: Article

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