Characterization of leukotoxin from a clinical strain of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 48-55

  Diaz, Roger ^a   Ghofaily, Lourdes Al ^a   Patel, Jigna ^a   Balashova, Nataliya V ^a   Freitas, Anna C ^a   Labib, Irene ^a   Kachlany, Scott C ^a  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenylate cyclase; Endocarditis; Hemolysin; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LEUKOTOXIN; PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EXOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; PRONASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TOXICITY TESTS;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERCOPITHECIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 32344438258     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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