Induction of apoptosis in Vero cells by Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria vacuolating cytotoxic factor

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-204

  Martins, Luciano Moura ^a   Catani, Cleide Ferreira ^a   Falcón, Rosabel Márquez ^b   Carbonell, Gleize Villela ^c   Azzoni, Adriano A ^d   Yano, Tomomasa ^a,d  

^a Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aeromonas veronii bv. sobria; Apoptosis; Purification; Serine protease; Vacuolating cytotoxic factor; Vero cells

Indexed keywords

AEROLYSIN; CYTOTOXIC FACTOR; ENTEROTOXIN;

AEROMONAS VERONII; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; VERO CELL;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTITOXINS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CYTOPLASM; ENTEROTOXINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VACUOLES; VERO CELLS;

EID: 33846996817     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2006.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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