Dependence of the lethal effect of pore-forming haemolysins of Gram-positive bacteria on cytolytic activity

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-510

  Watanabe, Isao ^a   Nomura, Takamasa ^a   Tominaga, Takanari ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Kohda, Chikara ^b   Kawamura, Ikuo ^a   Mitsuyama, Masao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHOLESTEROL DEPENDENT CYTOLYSIN; CYTOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; IVANOLYSIN O; LISTERIOLYSIN O; MUTANT PROTEIN; PNEUMOLYSIN; RECOMBINANT CHOLESTEROL DEPENDENT CYTOLYSIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STREPTOLYSIN O; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLYSIS; DEATH; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; STREPTOLYSINS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33646263350     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46333-0     Document Type: Article

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