The Mcf1 toxin induces apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway and apoptosis is attenuated by mutation of the BH3-like domain

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2470-2484

  Dowling, Andrea J ^a   Waterfield, Nicholas R ^b   Hares, Michelle C ^a   Le Goff, Gaëlle ^c   Streuli, Charles H ^d   Ffrench Constant, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BH3 PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; MAKES CATERPILLARS FLOPPY 1 TOXIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL LINE; CYTOCHROMES C; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTORHABDUS;

EID: 34548387109     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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