Neisserial porin (PorB) causes rapid calcium influx in target cells and induces apoptosis by the activation of cysteine proteases

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 339-352

  Müller, Anne ^a   Günther, Dirk ^a   Düx, Frank ^a   Naumann, Michael ^a   Meyer, Thomas F ^a   Rudel, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcium; Caspase; Endosymbiosis; Neisseria

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANION CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CALPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PORIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TARGET CELL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PORINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0344142375     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.2.339     Document Type: Article

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