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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Формат: | Journal article |
Язык: | English |
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2008
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