Paradoxical lipid dependence of pores formed by the Escherichia coli α-hemolysin in planar phospholipid bilayer membranes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3748-3755

  Bakás, Laura ^b,c   Chanturiya, Alexandr ^a   Herlax, Vanesa ^c   Zimmerberg, Joshua ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; HEMOLYSIN; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MONOVALENT CATION;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33751232658     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.090019     Document Type: Article

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