Structural analysis of the oligomeric states of helicobacter pylori VacA toxin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 425, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 524-535

  Chambers, Melissa G ^a   Pyburn, Tasia M ^a   González Rivera, Christian ^a   Collier, Scott E ^a   Eli, Ilyas ^a   Yip, Calvin K ^b   Takizawa, Yoshimasa ^a   Lacy, D Borden ^a   Cover, Timothy L ^a,c   Ohi, Melanie D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Keywords; oligomerization; pathogenesis; pore forming toxins; single particle electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P33; PROTEIN P55; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84872876042     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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