Model-based prediction of the α-hemolysin structure in the hexameric state

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2265-2274

  Furini, Simone ^a,b   Domene, Carmen ^b   Rossi, Michele ^a   Tartagni, Marco ^a   Cavalcanti, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HEMOLYSIN; ION CHANNEL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ALPHA-TOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPID BILAYER; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 51649089665     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.127019     Document Type: Article

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