Repair of a Bacterial Small β-Barrel Toxin Pore Depends on Channel Width

ABSTRACT Membrane repair emerges as an innate defense protecting target cells against bacterial pore-forming toxins. Here, we report the first paradigm of Ca2+-dependent repair following attack by a small β-pore-forming toxin, namely, plasmid-encoded phobalysin of Photobacterium damselae subsp. dams...

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Main Authors: Gisela von Hoven, Amable J. Rivas, Claudia Neukirch, Martina Meyenburg, Qianqian Qin, Sapun Parekh, Nadja Hellmann, Matthias Husmann
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a4e4a71cfa2c4c41a7dc138fd91ececc
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