Direct inhibition of cytochrome c-induced caspase activation in vitro by Toxoplasma gondii reveals novel mechanisms of interference with host cell apoptosis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 312-319

  Keller, Philine ^a   Schaumburg, Frieder ^a   Fischer, Silke F ^b   Häcker, Georg ^b   Groß, Uwe ^a   Lüder, Carsten G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Immune evasion; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CELL EXTRACT; CYTOCHROME C; DEOXYADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENZYME INDUCING AGENT; GRANZYME B;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL LYSATE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOCHROMES C; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33646241041     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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