Structure and specific activity of macrophage-stimulating lipopeptides from Mycoplasma hyorhinis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4804-4810

  Mühlradt, Peter F ^a   Kiess, Michael ^a   Meyer, Holger ^a,c   Süssmuth, Roderich ^b   Jung, Günther ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPEPTIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031664437     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4804-4810.1998     Document Type: Article

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