Expression and Bactericidal Activity of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Brucella suis-Infected Murine Macrophages

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1309-1316

  Gross, Antoine ^a   Spiesser, Sandra ^a   Terraza, Annie ^a   Rouot, Bruno ^a   Caron, Emmanuelle ^a   Dornand, Jacques ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRUCELLA; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; CELL LINE; CITRULLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-6; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032036428     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.4.1309-1316.1998     Document Type: Article

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