A Mycobacterium ulcerans toxin, mycolactone, causes apoptosis in guinea pig ulcers and tissue culture cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 877-883

  George, Kathleen M ^a   Pascopella, Lisa ^a   Welty, Diane M ^a   Small, P L C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; GUINEA PIG; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SKIN ULCER; TISSUE CULTURE; ULCEROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0033979230     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.877-883.2000     Document Type: Article

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