Molecular events involved in cellular invasion by Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 167, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 155-166

  Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Cellular invasion; Ehrlichia; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 1 ALPHA; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; P SELECTIN GLYCOPROTEIN LIGAND 1; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA1; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA2; PROTEIN ROCK1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN VIRD4; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; RHO KINASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CELL INVASION; DOWN REGULATION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; LIPID RAFT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEUKOCYTES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 74449083802     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.017     Document Type: Review

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