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バクテリアの毒素であるpneumolysinによる毛孔形成の構造的基礎

Sarah J Tilley1, Elena V Orlova, Robert J C Gilbert

  • 1School of Crystallography and Institute of Structural Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom.

Cell
|April 27, 2005
PubMed
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細菌の毒素であるpneumolysinは,細胞膜に大きな毛穴を形成する. Cryo-EMは,pneumolysinモノメアが毛穴構造にどのように移行するかを明らかにし,形状の変化と膜相互作用を詳細に説明しています.

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