Three dimensional structure of the anthrax toxin translocon-lethal factor complex by cryo-electron microscopy

Protein Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 586-594

  Gogol, E P ^a   Akkaladevi, N ^b   Szerszen, L ^a   Mukherjee, S ^b   Chollet Hinton, L ^b   Katayama, H ^b   Pentelute, B L ^c   Collier, R J ^c   Fisher, M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Lethal factor; Lipid nanodiscs; Pore translocon; Protective antigen

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; TRANSLOCON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LETHAL GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYERS;

EID: 84878328425     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2241     Document Type: Article

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