Structural characterization of the α-hemolysin monomer from Staphylococcus aureus

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-126

  Meesters, Christian ^a,b   Brack, Antje ^a   Hellmann, Nadja ^a   Decker, Heinz ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institut für Molekulare Biophysik   (Germany)

Author keywords

hemolysin; A toxin; Leukocidin; Molecular dynamics; Molecular modeling; SAXS (small angle X ray scattering)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; MONOMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LEUKOCIDINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 65249138977     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22227     Document Type: Article

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