Urea denaturation of α-hemolysin pore inserted in planar lipid bilayer detected by single nanopore recording: Loss of structural asymmetry

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3371-3376

  Pastoriza Gallego, Manuela ^a   Oukhaled, Ghani ^a   Mathé, Jérôme ^a   Thiebot, Bénédicte ^b   Betton, Jean Michel ^c   Auvray, Loïc ^a   Pelta, Juan ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Hemolysin; Current asymmetry; Pore denaturation; Pore forming toxins; Protein denaturation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; MONOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATION; LIPID BILAYER; NANOPORE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; UREA;

EID: 34447280420     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.06.036     Document Type: Article

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