Polyphosphate and Its Diverse Functions in Host Cells and Pathogens

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Moreno, Silvia N J ^a   Docampo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; INOSITOL 1, 4, 5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; PHALLOIDIN; POLYPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CATIONS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; POLYPHOSPHATES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; YEASTS;

EID: 84878522215     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003230     Document Type: Article

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