Use of silkworm larvae to study pathogenic bacterial toxins

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 439-444

  Hossain, Muktadir S ^a,b   Hamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Razanajatovo, Iony M ^a   Larranaga, Jorge ^a   Kaito, Chikara ^a   Kasuga, Hiroshi ^a   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Infection; Pathogenic bacterial toxins; Silkworm larva; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; AUREOLYSIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; GAMMA TOXIN; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIS; HLB GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILKWORM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BOMBYX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33750684647     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvj171     Document Type: Article

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