Identification and characterization of the first cholesterol-dependent cytolysins from gram-negative bacteria

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 216-225

  Hotze, Eileen M ^a   Le, Huynh M ^b   Sieber, Jessica R ^b   Bruxvoort, Christina ^a   McInerney, Michael J ^b   Tweten, Rodney K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOLYSIN; DESULFOLYSIN; ENTEROLYSIN; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGOMER; OXALOLYSIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOLYSIS; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOBULBUS PROPIONICUS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER LIGNOLYTICUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOTOXINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84871859276     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00927-12     Document Type: Article

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