Evidence That Clustered Phosphocholine Head Groups Serve as Sites for Binding and Assembly of an Oligomeric Protein Pore
Authors:
- Nadja HellmannNHNadja Hellmann
- Iwan WalevIWIwan Walev
- Dennis StrandDSDennis Strand
- Markus PlateMPMarkus Plate
- Fatima BoukhalloukFBFatima Boukhallouk
- Antje BrackABAntje Brack
- Kentaro HanadaKHKentaro Hanada
- Heinz DeckerHDHeinz Decker
- Sucharit BhakdiSBSucharit Bhakdi
Open Access
- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 281 (36) , 26014-26021
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