Comparative three-dimensional structure of cholesterol-dependent cytolysins

The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 659-670

  Polekhina, Galina ^a   Feil, Susanne C ^a   Tang, Julian ^a   Parker, Michael W ^a   Rossjohn, Jamie ^b   Giddings, Kara Sue ^c   Tweten, Rodney K ^d  

^a ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088445-2/50042-1     Document Type: Chapter

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