Adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT) from Bordetella hinzii: Characterization and differences from ACT of Bordetella pertussis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 7579-7588

  Donato, Gina M ^a   Hsia, Hung Lun J ^a   Green, Candace S ^a   Hewlett, Erik L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE TOXIN; CALMODULIN; CYCLIC AMP;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA HINZII; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CYAA GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE TOXIN; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORDETELLA; CALMODULIN; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA HINZII; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 27744509849     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.22.7579-7588.2005     Document Type: Article

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