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Nature Structural Biology  1, 563 - 567 (1994)
doi:10.1038/nsb0994-563

The fine art of pore formation

Mark S.P. Sansom1

1Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, The Rex Richards Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU. UK

The structure of an intact colicin-la protein suggests that channel formation by this molecule may be more complex than previously suggested.

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