Haemolysin II is a Bacillus cereus virulence factor that induces apoptosis of macrophages

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-108

  Tran, Seav Ly ^a   Guillemet, Elisabeth ^a   Ngo Camus, Maud ^a   Clybouw, Cyril ^b,e   Puhar, Andrea ^c   Moris, Arnaud ^d   Gohar, Michel ^a   Lereclus, Didier ^a   Ramarao, Nalini ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BOMBYX; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LARVA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; MUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 78650258175     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01522.x     Document Type: Article

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