Granulysin, a T cell product, kills bacteria by altering membrane permeability

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 7102-7108

  Ernst, W A ^a   Thoma Uszynski, S ^a   Teitelbaum, R ^a   Ko, C ^a   Hanson, D A ^a   Clayberger, C ^a   Krensky, A M ^a   Leippe, M ^a   Bloom, B R ^a   Ganz, T ^a   Modlin, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CELL PROTEIN; GRANULOLYSIN; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL SWELLING; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034671831     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.12.7102     Document Type: Article

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