Cyt1Aa toxin: Crystal structure reveals implications for its membrane-perforating function

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 413, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 804-814

  Cohen, Shmuel ^a,b   Albeck, Shira ^c   Ben Dov, Eitan ^a,d   Cahan, Rivka ^b   Firer, Michael ^b   Zaritsky, Arieh ^a   Dym, Orly ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; Cyt1Ca; Cyt2Aa; Cyt2Ba; VVA2

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRY4BA TOXIN; CYT1AA TOXIN; CYT1CA TOXIN; CYTOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BETA SHEET; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS;

EID: 80054847383     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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