Biophysical investigations of the mechanism of colicin translocation

Colicins are a family of bacterial toxins, which kill Escherichia coli cells and other closely related species. Their mode of action requires binding to an outer membrane receptor, translocation across the outer membrane and periplasm and cytotoxic action on a specific target. Colicins usually kil...

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Main Author: Hands, Sarah Louise
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2005
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10102/

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