Nitric Oxide and TNF-α Production by Murine Peritoneal Macrophages Activated with a Novel 20-kDa Protein Isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis var. thuringiensis Parasporal Bodies

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3796-3799

  Gomez Flores, Ricardo ^a,b,c   Rodriguez Padilla, Cristina ^c   Mehta, Reeta T ^b   Galan Wong, Luis ^c   Mendoza Gamboa, Edgar ^c   Tamez Guerra, Reyes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031569533     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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