Proteins Membrane Binding and Pore Formation

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Anderluh, Gregor (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Lakey, Jeremy (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Σειρά: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 677
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Molecular Medicine.

Formation of transmembrane pores is a very effective way of killing cells. It is thus not surprising that many bacterial and eukaryotic toxic agents are pore-forming proteins. Pore formation in a target membrane is a complex process composed of several steps; proteins need to attach to the lipid mem...