Ehrlichia type IV secretion effector ECH0825 is translocated to mitochondria and curbs ROS and apoptosis by upregulating host MnSOD

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1037-1050

  Liu, Hongyan ^a   Bao, Weichao ^a   Lin, Mingqun ^a   Niu, Hua ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ECH0825 PROTEIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PROTEIN BAX; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN MONOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; MITOCHONDRION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; UPREGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CELL LINE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MONOCYTES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS;

EID: 84862804099     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01775.x     Document Type: Article

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