Bioactivation of leukotoxins to their toxic diols by epoxide hydrolase

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 562-566

  Moghaddam, Mehran F ^a,c   Grant, David F ^b,c   Cheek, Jeffrey M ^c   Greene, Jessica F ^c   Williamson, Kristin C ^c   Hammock, Bruce D ^c  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; LEUKOTOXIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0031004964     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0597-562     Document Type: Article

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