Mechanisms underlying the confined diffusion of cholera toxin B-subunit in intact cell membranes.

Multivalent glycolipid binding toxins such as cholera toxin have the capacity to cluster glycolipids, a process thought to be important for their functional uptake into cells. In contrast to the highly dynamic properties of lipid probes and many lipid-anchored proteins, the B-subunit of cholera toxi...

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Main Authors: Charles A Day, Anne K Kenworthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3325267?pdf=render