Adventures of a pore-forming toxin at the target cell surface.

نویسندگان

  • L Abrami
  • M Fivaz
  • F G van der Goot
چکیده

The past three years have shed light on how the pore-forming toxin aerolysin binds to its target cell and then hijacks cellular devices to promote its own polymerization and pore formation. This selective permeabilization of the plasma membrane has unexpected intracellular consequences that might explain the importance of aerolysin in Aeromonas pathogenicity.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Trends in microbiology

دوره 8 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000