The effect of photodynamic action on two virulence factors of Gram-negative bacteria

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 676-680

  Kömerik, Nurgül ^a   Wilson, Michael ^a   Poole, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTEINASE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IRRADIATION; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIATION DOSE; RED LIGHT; SUPERNATANT;

ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIMULUS; LIMULUS AMOEBOCYTE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0034335275     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0676:TEOPAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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