MEMBRANE-PROTEIN STRUCTURE Piercing insights

被引:47
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作者
Bayley, Hagan [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Chem, Oxford OX1 3TA, England
关键词
CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; CLYA;
D O I
10.1038/459651a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Pore-forming proteins are deadly biological weapons that punch holes in target-cell membranes. The structure of the pore formed by a bacterial toxin suggests that diverse pore formers have similar assembly pathways.
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页码:651 / 652
页数:2
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