Measuring kinetic drivers of pneumolysin pore structure
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Crystal structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumolysin provides key insights into early steps of pore formation
Pore-forming proteins are weapons often used by bacterial pathogens to breach the membrane barrier of target cells. Despite their critical role in infection important structural aspects of the mechanism of how these proteins assemble into pores remain unknown. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the world's leading cause of pneumonia, meningitis, bacteremia and otitis media. Pneumolysin (PLY) is a majo...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Biophysics Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0175-7571,1432-1017
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-015-1106-x