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Identification of a membrane-spanning domain of the thiol-activated pore-forming toxin Clostridium perfringens perfringolysin O: an α-helical to β-sheet transition …

Shepard et al., 1998

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101491301161115364
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Shepard L
Heuck A
Hamman B
Rossjohn J
Parker M
Ryan K
Johnson A
Tweten R
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Clostridium perfringens perfringolysin O (PFO or θ-toxin) is a cytolytic toxin that binds to cholesterol-containing membranes and then self-associates to spontaneously form aqueous pores of varying size in the bilayer. In this study, a membrane-spanning domain has been …
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