The Protective Antigen Component of Anthrax Toxin Forms Functional Octameric Complexes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 392, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 614-629

  Kintzer, Alexander F ^a,b   Thoren, Katie L ^a   Sterling, Harry J ^a   Dong, Ken C ^a   Feld, Geoffrey K ^a   Tang, Iok I ^a   Zhang, Teri T ^a   Williams, Evan R ^a,b   Berger, James M ^a,b   Krantz, Bryan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anthrax toxin; cell surface assembly; lethal toxin; oligomerization; translocation

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSOL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 69349098830     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.037     Document Type: Article

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