α-toxin is a mediator of Staphylococcus aureus-induced cell death and activates caspases via the intrinsic death pathway independently of death receptor signaling

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 637-647

  Bantel, Heike ^a   Sinha, Bhanu ^a   Domschke, Wolfram ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Schulze Osthoff, Klaus ^a   Jänicke, Reiner U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

toxin; Apoptosis; Caspases; Mitochondria; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C; DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPERNATANT; TISSUE INJURY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035969249     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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