Vibrio vulnificus RTX toxin kills host cells only after contact of the bacteria with host cells

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 848-862

  Kim, Young Ran ^a   Lee, Shee Eun ^a   Kook, Hyun ^b   Yeom, Jung A ^a,c   Na, Hee Sam ^a   Kim, Soo Young ^a,c   Chung, Sun Sik ^a   Choy, Hyon E ^a   Rhee, Joon Haeng ^a,c  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Dongshin University   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL TOXIN; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; RTXA1 TOXIN; RTXD TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL CONTACT; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXICITY; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYSIS; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ILEUM; LD 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SCREENING TEST; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL DEATH; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELA CELLS; HEMOLYSIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

MUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 40749157602     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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