Host translational inhibition by Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A triggers an immune response in Caenorhabditis elegans

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 364-374

  McEwan, Deborah L ^a,b   Kirienko, Natalia V ^a,b   Ausubel, Frederick M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 2; EXOTOXIN; EXOTOXIN A; HELMINTH PROTEIN; HYGROMYCIN; IRG 1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATF 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZIP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSLATION INHIBITION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; EXOTOXINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84859773145     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: 19346069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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