HMGN2: A novel antimicrobial effector molecule of human mononuclear leukocytes?

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1136-1141

  Feng, Yun ^a   Huang, Ning ^a   Wu, Qi ^a   Wang, Boyao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Helical domain; Antimicrobial activity; Subcellular distribution

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP N2 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN RADICAL; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HMGN2 PROTEIN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REFERENCE VALUES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 27644573629     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0505280     Document Type: Article

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