Purification and characterization of a pore-forming protein from the marine sponge Tethya lyncurium

A pore-forming protein was detected and purified for the first time from a marine sponge (Tethya lyncurium). The purified protein has a polypeptide molecular mass of 21 kDa and a pI of 6.4. Tethya pore-forming protein (also called Tethya hemolysin) rapidly lysed erythrocytes from a variety of organi...

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Main Author: Mangel, A. (author)
Other Authors: Leitão, J. M. (author), Batel, R. (author), Zimmermann, H. (author), Muller, W. E. G. (author), Schroder, H. C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/6535
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/6535