MACPF/CDC Proteins - Agents of Defence, Attack and Invasion

This book focusses on evolutionary, structural and functional aspects of pore-forming proteins, bringing together prominent researchers in the fields of structural biology and cellular and biophysical techniques. The focus is on the MACPF/CDC protein superfamily that was originally discovered becaus...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Anderluh, Gregor (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gilbert, Robert (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Σειρά:Subcellular Biochemistry, 80
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a Part I: Overview of MACPF/CDCs -- Introduction: Brief Historical Overview -- Distribution of MACPF/CDC proteins -- Evolution of the Complement System -- Part II: Structures of MACPF/CDCs -- Structural Features of Cholesterol Dependent Cytolysins and Comparison to other MACPF-domain containing proteins -- Perfringolysin O Structure and Mechanism of Pore Formation as a Paradigm for Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysins -- Structural Biology of the Membrane Attack Complex -- Part III: Functional aspect --  Membrane Interactions and Cellular Effects of MACPF/CDC Proteins -- The Biology of Pneumolysin -- Multifaceted Activity of Listeriolysin O, the Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin of Listeria monocytogenes -- Perforin - a Key Pore-Forming Protein for Immune Control of Viruses and Cancer -- Perforin and Human Diseases -- The role of MACPF Proteins in the Biology of Malaria and other Apicomplexan Parasites -- Chlamydial MACPF Protein CT153 -- Fungal MACPF-Like Proteins and Aegerolysins: Bi-Component Pore-Forming Proteins? -- Fluorescence Imaging of MACPF/CDC Proteins: New Techniques and Their Application. 
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