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Pore-forming proteins are deadly biological weapons that punch holes in target-cell membranes. The structure of the pore formed by a bacterial toxin suggests that diverse pore formers have similar assembly pathways.

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Figure 1: Assembly of staphylococcal α-haemolysin and ClyA pores show common principles.

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  1. Hagan Bayley is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK. hagan.bayley@chem.ox.ac.uk,
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