NR APWG
AU Watarai,M.
TI Interaction between Brucella abortus and cellular prion protein in lipid raft microdomains
QU Microbes and Infection 2004 Jan; 6(1): 93-100
PT journal article; review; review, tutorial
AB A wide variety of pathogens employ lipid raft microdomains to infect host cells. Here, we review selected aspects of interaction between Brucella abortus and cellular prion protein, one of the lipid raft-associated molecules on the plasma membrane, when bacteria infect macrophages, and discuss the correlates of proliferation in mice.
ZR 56
MH Animals; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Brucella abortus/*metabolism; Brucellosis/*microbiology; Chaperonin 60/metabolism; Macrophages/metabolism/microbiology; Membrane Microdomains/*metabolism/microbiology; Mice; PrPc Proteins/deficiency/*metabolism
AD Department of Applied Veterinary Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro-shi, 080-8555, Hokkaido, Japan. watarai@obihiro.ac.jp
SP englisch
PO Frankreich