Identification of the channel-forming domain of Clostridium perfringens Epsilon-toxin (ETX)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2584-2593

  Knapp, Oliver ^a,b   Maier, Elke ^c   Benz, Roland ^c,d   Geny, Blandine ^b   Popoff, Michel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta PFT; Channel formation; Channel forming domain; Clostridium perfringens; Epsilon toxin (ETX); Lipid bilayer membrane

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; EPSILON TOXIN; HISTIDINE; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 72049121494     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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