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Gianfranco Menestrina
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Dalla Serra, Mauro
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Maček, Peter
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Prévost, Gilles
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Potrich, Cristina
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Anderluh, Gregor
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Serra, Mauro Dalla
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Tejuca, Mayra
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Colin, Didier
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Coraiola, Manuela
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Monteil, Henri
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Barlic, Ariana
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2006: Stellato Francesco; Menestrina Gianfranco; Serra Mauro Dalla; Potrich Cristina; Tomazzolli Rossella; Meyer-Klaucke Wolfram; Morante Silvia
Metal binding in amyloid beta-peptides shows intra- and inter-peptide coordination modes.
European biophysics journal : EBJ 2006;35(4):340-51.
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2006: Viero Gabriella; Cunaccia Romina; Prévost Gilles; Werner Sandra; Monteil Henri; Keller Daniel; Joubert Olivier; Menestrina Gianfranco; Dalla Serra Mauro
Homologous versus heterologous interactions in the bicomponent staphylococcal gamma-haemolysin pore.
The Biochemical journal 2006;394(Pt 1):217-25.
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2005: Dalla Serra Mauro; Coraiola Manuela; Viero Gabriella; Comai Massimiliano; Potrich Cristina; Ferreras Mercedes; Baba-Moussa Lamine; Colin Didier A; Menestrina Gianfranco; Bhakdi Sucharit; Prévost Gilles
Staphylococcus aureus bicomponent gamma-hemolysins, HlgA, HlgB, and HlgC, can form mixed pores containing all components.
Journal of chemical information and modeling 2005;45(6):1539-45.
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2005: Gagos Mariusz; Menestrina Gianfranco; Niewiadomy Andrzej; Gruszecki Wieslaw I
Molecular organization of the antifungal and anticancer drug 2-(2,4-dihydroxyphenylo)-5,6-dichlorobenzothiazole in solution and in monolayers: an effect of pH.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology 2005;80(2):101-6.
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2005: García-Sáez Ana J; Coraiola Manuela; Dalla Serra Mauro; Mingarro Ismael; Menestrina Gianfranco; Salgado Jesús
Peptides derived from apoptotic Bax and Bid reproduce the poration activity of the parent full-length proteins.
Biophysical journal 2005;88(6):3976-90.
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2005: Potrich C; Tomazzolli R; Dalla Serra M; Anderluh G; Malovrh P; Macek P; Menestrina G; Tejuca M
Cytotoxic activity of a tumor protease-activated pore-forming toxin.
Bioconjugate chemistry 2005;16(2):369-76.
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2004: Scaloni Andrea; Dalla Serra Mauro; Amodeo Pietro; Mannina Luisa; Vitale Rosa Maria; Segre Anna Laura; Cruciani Oscar; Lodovichetti Francesca; Greco Maria Luigia; Fiore Alberto; Gallo Monica; D'Ambrosio Chiara; Coraiola Manuela; Menestrina Gianfranco; Graniti Antonio; Fogliano Vincenzo
Structure, conformation and biological activity of a novel lipodepsipeptide from Pseudomonas corrugata: cormycin A.
The Biochemical journal 2004;384(Pt 1):25-36.
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2004: Guillet Valérie; Roblin Pierre; Werner Sandra; Coraiola Manuela; Menestrina Gianfranco; Monteil Henri; Prévost Gilles; Mourey Lionel
Crystal structure of leucotoxin S component: new insight into the Staphylococcal beta-barrel pore-forming toxins.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(39):41028-37.
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2004: Bellisola Giuseppe; Fracasso Giulio; Ippoliti Rodolfo; Menestrina Gianfranco; Rosén Anders; Soldà Silvia; Udali Silvia; Tomazzolli Rossella; Tridente Giuseppe; Colombatti Marco
Reductive activation of ricin and ricin A-chain immunotoxins by protein disulfide isomerase and thioredoxin reductase.
Biochemical pharmacology 2004;67(9):1721-31.
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2004: Morante Silvia; González-Iglesias Reinerio; Potrich Cristina; Meneghini Carlo; Meyer-Klaucke Wolfram; Menestrina Gianfranco; Gasset María
Inter- and intra-octarepeat Cu(II) site geometries in the prion protein: implications in Cu(II) binding cooperativity and Cu(II)-mediated assemblies.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(12):11753-9.
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2003: Anderluh Gregor; Dalla Serra Mauro; Viero Gabriella; Guella Graziano; Macek Peter; Menestrina Gianfranco
Pore formation by equinatoxin II, a eukaryotic protein toxin, occurs by induction of nonlamellar lipid structures.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(46):45216-23.
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2003: Menestrina G; Dalla Serra M; Comai M; Coraiola M; Viero G; Werner S; Colin D A; Monteil H; Prévost G
Ion channels and bacterial infection: the case of beta-barrel pore-forming protein toxins of Staphylococcus aureus.
FEBS letters 2003;552(1):54-60.
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2003: Malovrh Petra; Viero Gabriella; Serra Mauro Dalla; Podlesek Zdravko; Lakey Jeremy H; Macek Peter; Menestrina Gianfranco; Anderluh Gregor
A novel mechanism of pore formation: membrane penetration by the N-terminal amphipathic region of equinatoxin.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(25):22678-85.
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2003: Sepcic Kristina; Berne Sabina; Potrich Cristina; Turk Tom; Macek Peter; Menestrina Gianfranco
Interaction of ostreolysin, a cytolytic protein from the edible mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, with lipid membranes and modulation by lysophospholipids.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 2003;270(6):1199-210.
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2003: Alvarez Carlos; Casallanovo Fabio; Shida Claudio S; Nogueira Luciana V; Martinez Diana; Tejuca Mayra; Pazos Isabel F; Lanio Maria E; Menestrina Gianfranco; Lissi Eduardo; Schreier Shirley
Binding of sea anemone pore-forming toxins sticholysins I and II to interfaces--modulation of conformation and activity, and lipid-protein interaction.
Chemistry and physics of lipids 2003;122(1-2):97-105.
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2003: Dalla Serra Mauro; Menestrina Gianfranco
Liposomes in the study of pore-forming toxins.
Methods in enzymology 2003;372():99-124.
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2002: Carpaneto A; Dalla Serra M; Menestrina G; Fogliano V; Gambale F
The phytotoxic lipodepsipeptide syringopeptin 25A from Pseudomonas syringae pv syringae forms ion channels in sugar beet vacuoles.
The Journal of membrane biology 2002;188(3):237-48.
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2002: Comai Massimiliano; Dalla Serra Mauro; Coraiola Manuela; Werner Sandra; Colin Didier A; Monteil Henri; Prévost Gilles; Menestrina Gianfranco
Protein engineering modulates the transport properties and ion selectivity of the pores formed by staphylococcal gamma-haemolysins in lipid membranes.
Molecular microbiology 2002;44(5):1251-67.
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2002: Werner S; Colin D A; Coraiola M; Menestrina G; Monteil H; Prévost G
Retrieving biological activity from LukF-PV mutants combined with different S components implies compatibility between the stem domains of these staphylococcal bicomponent leucotoxins.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(3):1310-8.
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2001: Schwartz J L; Potvin L; Coux F; Charles J F; Berry C; Humphreys M J; Jones A F; Bernhart I; Dalla Serra M; Menestrina G
Permeabilization of model lipid membranes by Bacillus sphaericus mosquitocidal binary toxin and its individual components.
The Journal of membrane biology 2001;184(2):171-83.
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2001: Menestrina G; Serra M D; Prévost G
Mode of action of beta-barrel pore-forming toxins of the staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin family.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2001;39(11):1661-72.
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2001: Tejuca M; Dalla Serra M; Potrich C; Alvarez C; Menestrina G
Sizing the radius of the pore formed in erythrocytes and lipid vesicles by the toxin sticholysin I from the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus.
The Journal of membrane biology 2001;183(2):125-35.
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2001: Valcarcel C A; Dalla Serra M; Potrich C; Bernhart I; Tejuca M; Martinez D; Pazos F; Lanio M E; Menestrina G
Effects of lipid composition on membrane permeabilization by sticholysin I and II, two cytolysins of the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus.
Biophysical journal 2001;80(6):2761-74.
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2001: Prévost G; Mourey L; Colin D A; Menestrina G
Staphylococcal pore-forming toxins.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology 2001;257():53-83.
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2000: Lorenzetti I; Meneguzzi A; Fracasso G; Potrich C; Costantini L; Chiesa E; Legname G; Menestrina G; Tridente G; Colombatti M
Genetic grafting of membrane-acting peptides to the cytotoxin dianthin augments its ability to de-stabilize lipid bilayers and enhances its cytotoxic potential as the component of transferrin-toxin conjugates.
International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer 2000;86(4):582-9.
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2000: Malovrh P; Barlic A; Podlesek Z; MaCek P; Menestrina G; Anderluh G
Structure-function studies of tryptophan mutants of equinatoxin II, a sea anemone pore-forming protein.
The Biochemical journal 2000;346 Pt 1():223-32.
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2000: Anderluh G; Barlic A; Potrich C; Macek P; Menestrina G
Lysine 77 is a key residue in aggregation of equinatoxin II, a pore-forming toxin from sea anemone Actinia equina.
The Journal of membrane biology 2000;173(1):47-55.
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2000: Dalla Serra M; Menestrina G
Characterization of molecular properties of pore-forming toxins with planar lipid bilayers.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2000;145():171-88.
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2000: Menestrina G
Use of Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy for secondary structure determination of staphylococcal pore-forming toxins.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2000;145():115-32.
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1999: Serra M D; Sutton J M; Höper F; Downie J A; Menestrina G
Effects of calcium and protons on the secondary structure of the nodulation protein NodO from Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1999;263(2):516-22.
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1999: Anderluh G; Barlic A; Podlesek Z; Macek P; Pungercar J; Gubensek F; Zecchini M L; Serra M D; Menestrina G
Cysteine-scanning mutagenesis of an eukaryotic pore-forming toxin from sea anemone: topology in lipid membranes.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1999;263(1):128-36.
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1999: Dalla Serra M; Bernhart I; Nordera P; Di Giorgio D; Ballio A; Menestrina G
Conductive properties and gating of channels formed by syringopeptin 25A, a bioactive lipodepsipeptide from Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, in planar lipid membranes.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI 1999;12(5):401-9.
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1999: Dalla Serra M; Fagiuoli G; Nordera P; Bernhart I; Della Volpe C; Di Giorgio D; Ballio A; Menestrina G
The interaction of lipodepsipeptide toxins from Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae with biological and model membranes: a comparison of syringotoxin, syringomycin, and two syringopeptins.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI 1999;12(5):391-400.
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1999: Tejuca M; Anderluh G; Macek P; Marcet R; Torres D; Sarracent J; Alvarez C; Lanio M E; Dalla Serra M; Menestrina G
Antiparasite activity of sea-anemone cytolysins on Giardia duodenalis and specific targeting with anti-Giardia antibodies.
International journal for parasitology 1999;29(3):489-98.
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1999: Menestrina G; Cabiaux V; Tejuca M
Secondary structure of sea anemone cytolysins in soluble and membrane bound form by infrared spectroscopy.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1999;254(1):174-80.
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1998: Ferreras M; Höper F; Dalla Serra M; Colin D A; Prévost G; Menestrina G
The interaction of Staphylococcus aureus bi-component gamma-hemolysins and leucocidins with cells and lipid membranes.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1998;1414(1-2):108-26.
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1998: Nordera P; Menestrina G
Proteolytic cleavage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A in the presence of lipid bilayers of different composition.
FEBS letters 1998;421(3):268-72.
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1998: Anderluh G; Barlic A; Krizaj I; Menestrina G; Gubensek F; Macek P
Avidin-FITC topological studies with three cysteine mutants of equinatoxin II, a sea anemone pore-forming protein.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1998;242(1):187-90.
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1997: Sepcic K; Guella G; Mancini I; Pietra F; Serra M D; Menestrina G; Tubbs K; Macek P; Turk T
Characterization of anticholinesterase-active 3-alkylpyridinium polymers from the marine sponge Reniera sarai in aqueous solutions.
Journal of natural products 1997;60(10):991-6.
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1997: Nordera P; Serra M D; Menestrina G
The adsorption of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A to phospholipid monolayers is controlled by pH and surface potential.
Biophysical journal 1997;73(3):1468-78.
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1997: Meunier O; Ferreras M; Supersac G; Hoeper F; Baba-Moussa L; Monteil H; Colin D A; Menestrina G; Prévost G
A predicted beta-sheet from class S components of staphylococcal gamma-hemolysin is essential for the secondary interaction of the class F component.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1997;1326(2):275-86.
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1996: Tejuca M; Serra M D; Ferreras M; Lanio M E; Menestrina G
Mechanism of membrane permeabilization by sticholysin I, a cytolysin isolated from the venom of the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus.
Biochemistry 1996;35(47):14947-57.
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1996: Menestrina G; Pederzolli C; Dalla Serra M; Bregante M; Gambale F
Permeability increase induced by Escherichia coli hemolysin A in human macrophages is due to the formation of ionic pores: a patch clamp characterization.
The Journal of membrane biology 1996;149(2):113-21.
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1995: Menestrina G; Dalla Serra M; Pederzolli C; Bregante M; Gambale F
Bacterial hemolysins and leukotoxins affect target cells by forming large exogenous pores into their plasma membrane: Escherichia coli hemolysin A as a case example.
Bioscience reports 1995;15(6):543-51.
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1995: Macek P; Zecchini M; Pederzolli C; Dalla Serra M; Menestrina G
Intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence of equinatoxin II, a pore-forming polypeptide from the sea anemone Actinia equina L, monitors its interaction with lipid membranes.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1995;234(1):329-35.
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1995: Menestrina G; Ropele M; Dalla Serra M; Pederzolli C; Hugo F; Pellet S; Welch R A
Binding of antibodies to functional epitopes on the pore formed by Escherichia coli hemolysin in cells and model membranes.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1995;1238(1):72-80.
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1995: Pederzolli C; Belmonte G; Dalla Serra M; Macek P; Menestrina G
Biochemical and cytotoxic properties of conjugates of transferrin with equinatoxin II, a cytolysin from a sea anemone.
Bioconjugate chemistry 1995;6(2):166-73.
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1994: Belmonte G; Menestrina G; Pederzolli C; Krizaj I; Gubensek F; Turk T; Macek P
Primary and secondary structure of a pore-forming toxin from the sea anemone, Actinia equina L., and its association with lipid vesicles.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1994;1192(2):197-204.
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1994: Menestrina G; Moser C; Pellet S; Welch R
Pore-formation by Escherichia coli hemolysin (HlyA) and other members of the RTX toxins family.
Toxicology 1994;87(1-3):249-67.
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1994: Macek P; Belmonte G; Pederzolli C; Menestrina G
Mechanism of action of equinatoxin II, a cytolysin from the sea anemone Actinia equina L. belonging to the family of actinoporins.
Toxicology 1994;87(1-3):205-27.
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1993: Cauci S; Monte R; Quadrifoglio F; Ropele M; Menestrina G
Ionic factors regulating the interaction of Gardnerella vaginalis hemolysin with red blood cells.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1993;1153(1):53-8.
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1993: Cauci S; Monte R; Ropele M; Missero C; Not T; Quadrifoglio F; Menestrina G
Pore-forming and haemolytic properties of the Gardnerella vaginalis cytolysin.
Molecular microbiology 1993;9(6):1143-55.
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1993: Belmonte G; Pederzolli C; Macek P; Menestrina G
Pore formation by the sea anemone cytolysin equinatoxin II in red blood cells and model lipid membranes.
The Journal of membrane biology 1993;131(1):11-22.
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1992: Dalla Serra M; Pederzolli C; Menestrina G
A fluorimetric assay for the effects of cytolytic toxins on the transport properties of resealed erythrocyte ghosts.
Journal of biochemical and biophysical methods 1992;25(2-3):83-94.
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1992: Menestrina G; Belmonte G; Parisi V; Morante S
Structural features of the pore formed by Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin inferred from chemical modification and primary structure analysis.
FEMS microbiology immunology 1992;5(1-3):19-28.
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1992: Gambale F; Rauch G; Belmonte G; Menestrina G
Properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A ionic channel incorporated in planar lipid bilayers.
FEBS letters 1992;306(1):41-5.
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1991: Menestrina G; Pederzolli C; Forti S; Gambale F
Lipid interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A. Acid-triggered permeabilization and aggregation of lipid vesicles.
Biophysical journal 1991;60(6):1388-400.
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1991: Dalla Serra M; Pederzolli C; Antolini R; Cusinato F; Luciani S; Menestrina G
Activation energy of the cardiac Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in sarcolemmal vesicles and reconstituted proteoliposomes.
Cardioscience 1991;2(3):193-7.
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1991: Pederzolli C; Cescatti L; Menestrina G
Chemical modification of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin by diethylpyrocarbonate: role of histidines in its membrane-damaging properties.
The Journal of membrane biology 1991;119(1):41-52.
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1991: Cescatti L; Pederzolli C; Menestrina G
Modification of lysine residues of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin: effects on its channel-forming properties.
The Journal of membrane biology 1991;119(1):53-64.
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1990: Menestrina G; Bashford C L; Pasternak C A
Pore-forming toxins: experiments with S. aureus alpha-toxin, C. perfringens theta-toxin and E. coli haemolysin in lipid bilayers, liposomes and intact cells.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 1990;28(5):477-91.
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1989: Ropele M; Menestrina G
Electrical properties and molecular architecture of the channel formed by Escherichia coli hemolysin in planar lipid membranes.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1989;985(1):9-18.
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1989: Menestrina G; Ropele M
Voltage-dependent gating properties of the channel formed by E. coli hemolysin in planar lipid membranes.
Bioscience reports 1989;9(4):465-73.
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1989: Pasternak C A; Bashford C L; Menestrina G
Mechanisms of attack and defence at the cell surface: the use of phospholipid bilayers as models for cell membrane.
Bioscience reports 1989;9(4):503-7.
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1989: Forti S; Menestrina G
Staphylococcal alpha-toxin increases the permeability of lipid vesicles by cholesterol- and pH-dependent assembly of oligomeric channels.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1989;181(3):767-73.
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1989: Menestrina G; Forti S; Gambale F
Interaction of tetanus toxin with lipid vesicles. Effects of pH, surface charge, and transmembrane potential on the kinetics of channel formation.
Biophysical journal 1989;55(3):393-405.
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1988: Bashford C L; Menestrina G; Henkart P A; Pasternak C A
Cell damage by cytolysin. Spontaneous recovery and reversible inhibition by divalent cations.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 1988;141(11):3965-74.
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1988: Bashford C L; Alder G M; Graham J M; Menestrina G; Pasternak C A
Ion modulation of membrane permeability: effect of cations on intact cells and on cells and phospholipid bilayers treated with pore-forming agents.
The Journal of membrane biology 1988;103(1):79-94.
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1988: Bhakdi S; Mackman N; Menestrina G; Gray L; Hugo F; Seeger W; Holland I B
The hemolysin of Escherichia coli.
European journal of epidemiology 1988;4(2):135-43.
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1988: Menestrina G
Escherichia coli hemolysin permeabilizes small unilamellar vesicles loaded with calcein by a single-hit mechanism.
FEBS letters 1988;232(1):217-20.
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1988: Bhakdi S; Mackman N; Menestrina G; Hugo F; Seeger W; Holland I B
[Mechanism of cell damage by E. coli hemolysin]
Immunität und Infektion 1988;16(2):41-8.
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1987: Belmonte G; Cescatti L; Ferrari B; Nicolussi T; Ropele M; Menestrina G
Pore formation by Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin in lipid bilayers. Dependence upon temperature and toxin concentration.
European biophysics journal : EBJ 1987;14(6):349-58.
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1986: Bashford C L; Alder G M; Menestrina G; Micklem K J; Murphy J J; Pasternak C A
Membrane damage by hemolytic viruses, toxins, complement, and other cytotoxic agents. A common mechanism blocked by divalent cations.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1986;261(20):9300-8.
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1985: Menestrina G; Pasquali F
Reconstitution of the complement channel into lipid vesicles and planar bilayers starting from the fluid phase complex.
Bioscience reports 1985;5(2):129-36.
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1984: Menestrina G; Pasquali F; Antolini R
Electrical properties of ionic channels formed by Helix pomatia hemocyanin in planar lipid bilayers.
Biophysics of structure and mechanism 1984;10(4):169-84.
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1982: Menestrina G; Antolini R
The dependence of the conductance of the hemocyanin channel on applied potential and ionic concentration with mono- and divalent cations.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1982;688(3):673-84.
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1981: Menestrina G; Antolini R
Ion transport through hemocyanin channels in oxidized cholesterol artificial bilayer membranes.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1981;643(3):616-25.
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