Vertical collapse of a cytolysin prepore moves its transmembrane β-hairpins to the membrane

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3206-3215

  Czajkowsky, Daniel M ^a   Hotze, Eileen M ^b   Shao, Zhifeng ^a,c   Tweten, Rodney K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Perfringolysin; Pore; Toxin

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BETA SHEET; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOLYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CYTOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444291857     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600350     Document Type: Article

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