Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans LtxC is required for leukotoxin activity and initial interaction between toxin and host cells

Gene

Volumn 443, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 42-47

  Balashova, Nataliya V ^a   Shah, Chintan ^a   Patel, Jigna K ^a   Megalla, Susie ^a   Kachlany, Scott C ^a  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; Fatty acid; Localized aggressive periodontitis; Modification

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTOXIN; LEUKOTOXIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL INTERACTION; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM; ERYTHROCYTES; EXOTOXINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MUTATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 67449108344     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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