Proton-coupled protein transport through the anthrax toxin channel

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1514, 2009, Pages 209-215

  Finkelstein, Alan ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lethal factor; Planar bilayer membranes; Protein unfolding; Voltage driven transport

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ANTIGEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PH; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN; TOXIN;

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTONS;

EID: 61449324931     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0126     Document Type: Article

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