Pore formation by Vibrio cholerae cytolysin follows the same archetypical mode as β-barrel toxins from gram-positive organisms

FASEB Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2521-2528

  Löhner, Sabine ^a   Walev, Iwan ^a   Boukhallouk, Fatima ^a   Palmer, Michael ^b   Bhakdi, Sucharit ^a   Valeva, Angela ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assembly intermediate; Membrane perforation; Microbial pathogenicity; Prepore

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; CYSTEINE; CYTOTOXIN; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POSIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; CYTOTOXINS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 68849110746     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-127688     Document Type: Article

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