Structure of staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin, a heptameric transmembrane pore.
The structure of the Staphylococcus aureus alpha-hemolysin pore has been determined to 1.9 A resolution. Contained within the mushroom-shaped homo-oligomeric heptamer is a solvent-filled channel, 100 A in length, that runs along the sevenfold axis and ranges from 14 A to 46 A in diameter. The lytic,...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1996
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