Amino acid residues involved in membrane insertion and pore formation of Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 8406-8413

  Lang, Alexander E ^a   Neumeyer, Tobias ^b   Sun, Jianjun ^c   Collier, R John ^c   Benz, Roland ^b   Aktories, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CLOSTRIDIUM; PORE SIZE; POTASSIUM; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANES; BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CHANNEL FORMATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; MEMBRANE INSERTION; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE;

RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; BOTULINUM TOXIN; PHENYLALANINE; POTASSIUM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID VESICLE; MUTAGENESIS; PH MEASUREMENT; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 49449106556     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi800615g     Document Type: Article

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