Oxidation of macrophage membrane cholesterol by intracellular Rhodococcus equi

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 269-276

  Linder, Regina ^a   Bernheimer, Alan W ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cytotoxins; Cholesterol oxidase; Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; Rhodococcus equi; Synergistic hemolysins

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPASE D;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEUKOCYTE MEMBRANE; LIPID OXIDATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; CYTOKINES; ERYTHROCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0030756006     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(97)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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