An rhs gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa encodes a virulence protein that activates the inflammasome

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1275-1280

  Kung, Vanderlene L ^a   Khare, Sonal ^a   Stehlik, Christian ^a   Bacon, Elizabeth M ^a   Hughes, Ami J ^a   Hauser, Alan R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathogenesis; rhs element; YD repeat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; RHST PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFLAMMASOMES; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHAGOCYTES; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSFECTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84856373967     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1109285109     Document Type: Article

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