α-Toxin is a mediator of Staphylococcus aureus-induced cell death and activates caspases via the intrinsic death pathway independently of death receptor signaling

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 637-647

  Bantel, Heike ^a   Sinha, Bhanu ^a   Domschke, Wolfram ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Schulze Osthoff, Klaus ^a   Jänicke, Reiner U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Mitochondria; S. aureus; Toxin

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOCHROME C; FADD PROTEIN, HUMAN; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN BCL 2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; JURKAT CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; MONOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FAS-ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MITOCHONDRIA; MONOCYTES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

EID: 84924106939     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200105081     Document Type: Article

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