Crystal structure of the Vibrio cholerae cytolysin heptamer reveals common features among disparate pore-forming toxins

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

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 7385-7390

  De, Swastik ^a   Olson, Rich ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolysin; Membrane protein; Virulence factor; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; PHENYLALANINE; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79956294243     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017442108     Document Type: Article

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