CryoEM structures of membrane pore and prepore complex reveal cytolytic mechanism of Pneumolysin

eLife

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  van Pee, Katharina ^a   Neuhaus, Alexander ^a   D’Imprima, Edoardo ^a   Mills, Deryck J ^a   Kühlbrandt, Werner ^a   Yildiz, Özkan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; PNEUMOLYSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PLY PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HEMOLYSIS ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; X RAY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECTS; ERYTHROCYTE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; SHEEP; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ERYTHROCYTES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SHEEP; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 85019237271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.23644     Document Type: Article

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