Part I: An X-ray scattering study of cholera toxin penetration and induced phase transformations in lipid membranes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 629-640

  Miller, C E ^a   Majewski, J ^a   Watkins, E B ^a,c   Kuhl, Tonya L ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PHASE TRANSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHOLERA TOXIN; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHASE TRANSITION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 47749129990     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.120725     Document Type: Article

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