Three-dimensional structure of the anthrax toxin pore inserted into lipid nanodiscs and lipid vesicles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3453-3457

  Katayama, H ^a   Wang, J ^b   Tama, F ^c   Chollet, L ^a   Gogol, E P ^d   Collier, R J ^b   Fisher, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Normal mode flexible fitting; Protective antigen

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NANODISC; PHENYLALANINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LIPOSOMES; NANOPARTICLES; POROSITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 77649244670     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000100107     Document Type: Article

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