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Molecular Biology of the Pore-forming Cytolysins from<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>,<i>α</i>- and<i>γ</i>-Hemolysins and Leukocidin
1 Jan 1997
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus is an important opportunistic pathogen. It produces a variety of extracellular proteins, which may play important roles in infections by this bacterium. Staphylococcal alpha-toxin is a pore-forming 33-kDa polypeptide. In the first part of this article, we will refer to the roles of cell membranes in the pore formation by alpha-toxin as well as the molecular dissection of alpha-toxin for...
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