Killing machines: Three pore-forming proteins of the immune system

Immunologic Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 268-278

  McCormack, Ryan ^a   De Armas, Lesley ^a   Shiratsuchi, Motoaki ^a,b   Podack, Eckhard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement extracellular bacteria; MACPF domain; Perforin 1 virus infected cells, cancer; Perforin 2 intracellular bacteria

Indexed keywords

PERFORIN; PORE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CONTROL; CELL WALL; CHANNEL GATING; COVALENT BOND; EVOLUTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NEOPLASMS; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84891496304     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: 15590755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-013-8469-9     Document Type: Article

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