Structural Insights into Clostridium perfringens Delta Toxin Pore Formation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Huyet, Jessica ^a,c   Naylor, Claire E ^a   Savva, Christos G ^a   Gibert, Maryse ^b   Popoff, Michel R ^b   Basak, Ajit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS DELTA TOXIN; GANGLIOSIDE GM2; LEUKOCIDIN; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHOLIPID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS DELTA-TOXIN; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOST CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OPTICAL IMAGING; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES;

EID: 84879269129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066673     Document Type: Article

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