Lipid Interactions of α-Helical Protein Toxins

Protein-Lipid Interactions: From Membrane Domains to Cellular Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 139-162

  Anderluh, Gregor ^a   Lakey, Jeremy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinoporins; Colicin phospholipid complex; Lipid interactions of helical protein toxins; Pore forming colicins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889321804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527606769.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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