Structure of the NheA Component of the Nhe Toxin from Bacillus cereus: Implications for Function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ganash, Magdah ^a   Phung, Danh ^a,b   Sedelnikova, Svetlana E ^a   Lindbäck, Toril ^b   Granum, Per Einar ^b   Artymiuk, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLYA TOXIN; HBL B TOXIN; NHEA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84883756541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074748     Document Type: Article

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