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Generalized mechanism of pore formation by PFTs. Soluble PFTs bind membrane receptors, which leads to oligomerization and insertion of an aqueous pore into the plasma membrane (5). Note that during the oligomerization step, some PFTs remain associated with their receptor, whereas others have already disassociated at this point.
