Tryptophan recycling is responsible for the interferon-γ resistance of Chlamydia psittaci GPIC in indoleamine dioxygenase-expressing host cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 903-916

  Wood, Heidi ^a   Roshick, Christine ^a   McClarty, Grant ^a  

^a Department of Medical Microbiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; KYNURENINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RIBOSE PHOSPHATE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; TRYPTOPHAN RECYCLING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SP.; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 2442572032     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04029.x     Document Type: Article

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