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Kienker PK, Wu Z, Finkelstein A. Mapping the membrane topography of the TH6-TH7 segment of the diphtheria toxin T-domain channel. J Gen Physiol. 2015 Feb;145(2):107-25. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201411326. Epub 2015 Jan 12. PMID: 25582482.
Schiffmiller A, Finkelstein A. Ion Conductance of the Stem of the Anthrax Toxin Channel during Lethal Factor Translocation. J Mol Biol. 2014 Jul 1. pii: S0022-2836(14)00328-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.06.016. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24996036.
Vargas-Uribe M, Rodnin MV, Kienker P, Finkelstein A, Ladokhin AS. Crucial role of H322 in folding of the diphtheria toxin T-domain into the open-channel state. Biochemistry. 2013 May 21;52(20):3457-63. doi: 10.1021/bi400249f. Epub 2013 May 9. PubMed PMID: 23621842; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3772984.
Basilio D, Jennings-Antipov LD, Jakes KS, Finkelstein A. Trapping a translocating protein within the anthrax toxin channel: implications for the secondary structure of permeating proteins. J Gen Physiol. 2011 Apr;137(4):343-56. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201010578. Epub 2011 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 21402886; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3068283.
Jakes KS, Finkelstein A. The colicin Ia receptor, Cir, is also the translocator for colicin Ia. Mol Microbiol. 2010 Feb;75(3):567-78. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06966.x. Epub 2009 Nov 17. PubMed PMID: 19919671; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3493618.
Rodnin MV, Kyrychenko A, Kienker P, Sharma O, Posokhov YO, Collier RJ, Finkelstein A, Ladokhin AS. Conformational switching of the diphtheria toxin T domain. J Mol Biol. 2010 Sep 10;402(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.024. Epub 2010 Jul 21. PubMed PMID: 20654627; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3042302.
Udho E, Jakes KS, Buchanan SK, James KJ, Jiang X, Klebba PE, Finkelstein A. (2009). Reconstitution of bacterial outer membrane TonB-dependent transporters in planar lipid bilayer membranes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106(51):21990-5.
Basilio D, Juris SJ, Collier RJ, Finkelstein A. Evidence for a proton-protein symport mechanism in the anthrax toxin channel. J Gen Physiol. 2009 Mar;133(3):307-14. doi: 10.1085/jgp.200810170. Epub 2009 Feb 9. PubMed PMID: 19204186; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2654084.
Janowiak BE, Finkelstein A, Collier RJ. (2009). An approach to characterizing single-subunit mutations in multimeric prepores and pores of anthrax protective antigen. Protein Sci. 18(2):348-58.
Finkelstein A. Proton-coupled protein transport through the anthrax toxin channel. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Jan 27;364(1514):209-15. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0126. PubMed PMID: 18957378; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2674091.
Kienker PK, Jakes KS, Finkelstein A. Identification of channel-lining amino acid residues in the hydrophobic segment of colicin Ia. J Gen Physiol. 2008 Dec;132(6):693-707. doi: 10.1085/jgp.200810042. PubMed PMID: 19029376; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2585860.
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Wu Z, Jakes KS, Samelson-Jones BS, Lai B, Zhao G, London E, Finkelstein A. (2006). Protein translocation by bacterial toxin channels: a comparison of diphtheria toxin and colicin Ia. Biophys J. 91(9):3249-56.
Krantz BA, Finkelstein A, Collier RJ. (2006). Protein translocation through the anthrax toxin transmembrane pore is driven by a proton gradient. J Mol Biol. 355(5):968-79.
Krantz BA, Melnyk RA, Zhang S, Juris SJ, Lacy DB, Wu Z, Finkelstein A, Collier RJ. (2005). A phenylalanine clamp catalyzes protein translocation through the anthrax toxin pore. Science. 309(5735):777-81.
Zhang S, Finkelstein A, Collier RJ. (2004). Evidence that translocation of anthrax toxin's lethal factor is initiated by entry of its N terminus into the protective antigen channel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 101(48):16756-61.
Zhang S, Udho E, Wu Z, Collier RJ, Finkelstein A. (2004). Protein translocation through anthrax toxin channels formed in planar lipid bilayers. Biophys J. 87(6):3842-9.
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Kienker PK, Jakes KS, Finkelstein A. (2000). Protein translocation across planar bilayers by the colicin Ia channel-forming domain: where will it end? J Gen Physiol. 116(4):587-98.
Senzel L, Gordon M, Blaustein RO, Oh KJ, Collier RJ, Finkelstein A. (2000). Topography of diphtheria Toxin's T domain in the open channel state. J Gen Physiol. 115(4):421-34.