Medical dictionary. 2011.
Hemolysin — Pfam box Symbol = Leukocidin Name = width =250 caption =Alpha hemolysin, a transmembrane heptamer Pfam= PF07968 InterPro= IPR001340 SMART= Prosite = SCOP = TCDB = OPM family= 35 OPM protein= 7ahl PDB=PDB3|1t5rH:57 303 PDB3|1lkfA:60 310 PDB3|2lkfA … Wikipedia
Nanopore sequencing — is a method under development since 1995 [1][2] for determining the order in which nucleotides occur on a strand of DNA. A nanopore is simply a small hole, of the order of 1 nanometer in internal diameter. Certain transmembrane cellular proteins… … Wikipedia
Pore forming toxins — (PFTs) are protein toxins, typically, (but not exclusively) produced by bacteria, such as C.perfringens and S.aureus . They are frequently cytotoxic (i.e., they kill cells) as they create unregulated pores in the membrane of targeted cells.Types… … Wikipedia
Nanopore — A nanopore is a small hole in an electrically insulating membrane, that can be used as a single molecule detector. It may be considered a Coulter counter for much smaller particles. It can be a biological protein channel in a high electrical… … Wikipedia
Peripheral membrane protein — Peripheral membrane proteins are proteins that adhere only temporarily to the biological membrane with which they are associated. These molecules attach to integral membrane proteins, or penetrate the peripheral regions of the lipid bilayer. The… … Wikipedia
DNA sequencing — Part of a series on Genetics Key components Chromosome DNA • RNA Genome Heredity Mutation Nucleotide Variation … Wikipedia
Neisser-Wechsberg leukocidin — a leukocidin produced by staphylococci that destroys rabbit but not human leukocytes; it is identical with alpha hemolysin … Medical dictionary
α staphylolysin — alpha staphylolysin a hemolysin produced by pathogenic staphylococci which lyses both sheep and rabbit erythrocytes at 37°C and has leukocidin activity … Medical dictionary
cyaA — Bifunctional hemolysin adenylate cyclase precursor Crystal structure of the N terminal adenylyl cyclase domain (ACD) of B. pertussis cyaA complexed with the C terminal domain of Xenopus calmodulin.[1] … Wikipedia
unit — 1. One; a single person or thing. 2. A standard of measure, weight, or any other quality, by multiplications or fractions of which a scale or system is formed. 3. A group of persons or things considered as a whole because of mutual activities or… … Medical dictionary
