Shorting out the cellular battery.
A low-resolution structure of the bacterial toxin colicin Ia provides a model for its lethal membrane association and an explanation for the anomalous behaviour of its C-terminal peptide fragment.
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D003087:Colicins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D003087:Colicins; D010446:Peptide Fragments