Role of sph2 gene regulation in hemolytic and sphingomyelinase activities produced by leptospira interrogans

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Narayanavari, Suneel A ^a,e   Lourdault, Kristel ^b,c   Sritharan, Manjula ^a   Haake, David A ^b,c,d   Matsunaga, James ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPH2 GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; RAT;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PLASMIDS; RATS; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

EID: 84940653168     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003952     Document Type: Article

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