Preventing voltage-dependent gating of anthrax toxin channels using engineered disulfides

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-360

  Anderson, Damon S ^a   Blaustein, Robert O ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; DISULFIDE; METHANETHIOSULFONATE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DISULFIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE;

EID: 50449094846     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200809984     Document Type: Article

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