Structural and functional analysis of the pore-forming toxin NetB from clostridium perfringens

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yan, Xu Xia ^a   Porter, Corrine J ^a   Hardy, Simon P ^b   Steer, David ^a   Ian Smith, A ^a   Quinsey, Noelene S ^a   Hughes, Victoria ^a   Cheung, Jackie K ^a   Keyburn, Anthony L ^a,c   Kaldhusdal, Magne ^b   Moore, Robert J ^a,c   Bannam, Trudi L ^a   Whisstock, James C ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MONOMER; NETB TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CATION; ENTEROTOXIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NETB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONDUCTANCE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE BINDING; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE INJURY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATIONS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENTEROTOXINS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874618304     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00019-13     Document Type: Article

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