The bacterial redox protein azurin induces apoptosis in J774 macrophages through complex formation and stabilization of the tumor suppressor protein p53

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 7054-7062

  Yamada, Tohru ^a   Goto, Masatoshi ^a   Punj, Vasu ^a   Zaborina, Olga ^a,b   Kimbara, Kazuhide ^a,c   Das Gupta, T K ^a   Chakrabarty, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; CYTOTOXICITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AZURIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACROPHAGES; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0036893444     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.7054-7062.2002     Document Type: Article

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