Biological activity of Serratia marcescens cytotoxin

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-359

  Carbonell, G V ^a   Amorim, C R N ^a   Furumura, M T ^a   Darini, A L C ^b   Fonseca, B A L ^b   Yano, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Cell culture; Cytotoxin; Serratia marcescens; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; SEPHADEX; SEPHAROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ASSAY; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHO CELL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0037361049     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000300010     Document Type: Review

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