Discovery of a role for Hsp82 in Histoplasma virulence through a quantitative screen for macrophage lethality

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3348-3357

  Edwards, Jessica A ^a   Zemska, Olga ^a   Rappleye, Chad A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 82; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE LETHALITY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SALT STRESS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL DEATH; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENES, REPORTER; HISTOPLASMA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79961103495     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05124-11     Document Type: Article

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