Effect of unsaturated bonds in the sn-2 acyl chain of phosphatidylcholine on the membrane-damaging action of Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin toward liposomes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1768, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2940-2945

  Nagahama, Masahiro ^a   Otsuka, Akiko ^a   Oda, Masataka ^a   Singh, Rajesh K ^a   Ziora, Zyta M ^a   Imagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nishizawa, Mugio ^a   Sakurai, Jun ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha toxin; Clostridium perfringens; Liposome; Membrane fluidity; Phase transition; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL BOND; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; TEMPERATURE; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 35848957936     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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