Molecular determinants of sphingomyelin specificity of a eukaryotic pore-forming toxin.

Sphingomyelin (SM) is abundant in the outer leaflet of the cell plasma membrane, with the ability to concentrate in so-called lipid rafts. These specialized cholesterol-rich microdomains not only are associated with many physiological processes but also are exploited as cell entry points by pathogen...

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Главные авторы: Bakrac, B, Gutiérrez-Aguirre, I, Podlesek, Z, Sonnen, A, Gilbert, R, Macek, P, Lakey, J, Anderluh, G
Формат: Journal article
Язык:English
Опубликовано: 2008