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Cholera Toxin Oligomers on Lipid Bilayer

Contact mode AFM of cholera toxin oligomers bound to lipid bilayer under buffer. Note that a clear pentameric structure is resolved for many of the cholera toxin oligomers, while others appear hexameric or unstructured. 80 nm scan size. Courtesy of Shao lab, University of Virginia.