Lethal factor of Clostridium histolyticum kills cells by apoptosis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 296-303

  Jóźwiak, Jarosław ^a   Grzela, Tomasz ^a   Jankowska Steifer, Ewa ^a   Komar, Aldona ^a   Moskalewski, Stanisław ^a   Martirosian, Gayane ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Clostridium histolyticum; Lethal factor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CASPASE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FILTER; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33846953937     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2006.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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