Cholesterol specificity of some heptameric β-barrel pore-forming bacterial toxins: Structural and functional aspects

Sub-Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue , 2010, Pages 579-596

  Harris, J Robin ^a   Palmer, Michael ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Hemolysin; Pore forming toxin; VCC; Vibrio cholerae cytolysin; Barrel

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN, VIBRIO; LIPOSOME;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LIPOSOMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77952306254     PISSN: 03060225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8622-8_21     Document Type: Article

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