Pore-forming proteins share structural and functional homology with amyloid oligomers

NeuroMolecular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-275

  Yoshiike, Yuji ^a   Kayed, Rakez ^b   Milton, Saskia C ^c   Takashima, Akihiko ^a   Glabe, Charles G ^c  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolysin; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid ; Hemolysis; Perforin; Pore forming protein; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; AMYLOID PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; OLIGOMER; PERFORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANTIBODIES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PERFORIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36249023636     PISSN: 15351084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12017-007-0003-6     Document Type: Article

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