Inhibition of lytic activity of Escherichia coli toxin hemolysin E against human red blood cells by a leucine zipper peptide and understanding the underlying mechanism

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2134-2142

  Yadav, Sharada Prasad ^a   Ahmad, Aqeel ^a   Pandey, Brijesh Kumar ^a   Verma, Richa ^a   Ghosh, Jimut Kanti ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RED BLOOD CELLS (HRBC); LYTIC ACTIVITY; WESTERN BLOTTING ANALYSIS;

CELLS; CYTOTOXICITY; PEPTIDES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; H 205 PEPTIDE; HEMOLYSIN E; LIPOCORTIN 5; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPOLARIZATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; STAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 39649103630     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi701187e     Document Type: Article

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