The structure, conformation and mechanism of the bacterial toxin pneumolysin from Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pneumolysin is a virulence factor produced by the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. It acts in disease to damage cell membranes via pore formation and to activate the complement system directly. Pore formation is accompanied by the transition of the protein from an aqueous, monomeric conforma...
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University of Leicester
1998
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