Measuring kinetic drivers of pneumolysin pore structure

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 365-376

  Gilbert, Robert J C ^a   Sonnen, Andreas F P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kinetics; MACPF CDC; Membrane structure; Oligomerization; Pore formation; Toroidal pore

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL DEPENDENT CYTOLYSIN; MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX PERFORIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PNEUMOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PLY PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; POROSITY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; KINETICS; POROSITY; SHEEP; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 84959135639     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: 14321017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-015-1106-x     Document Type: Article

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