Molecular mechanism of pore formation by actinoporins

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1125-1134

  Črnigoj Kristan, Katarina ^a   Viero, Gabriella ^b,c   Dalla Serra, Mauro ^b   Maček, Peter ^a   Anderluh, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actinoporins; Pore forming toxins; Sphingomyelin; Toroidal lipid pore

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPORIN; EQUINATOXIN; MARINE TOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOMER; SEA ANEMONE TOXIN; SPHINGOMYELIN; STICHOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEA ANEMONES; SPHINGOMYELINS;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 70350400636     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.02.026     Document Type: Article

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