"Azurin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A bacterial protein from Pseudomonas, Bordetella, or Alcaligenes which operates as an electron transfer unit associated with the cytochrome chain. The protein has a molecular weight of approximately 16,000, contains a single copper atom, is intensively blue, and has a fluorescence emission band centered at 308nm.
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D001400
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.097.100 D12.776.556.080
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Azurin" by people in Profiles.
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Energy-generating enzymes of Burkholderia cepacia and their interactions with macrophages. J Bacteriol. 2003 May; 185(10):3167-78.
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The bacterial redox protein azurin induces apoptosis in J774 macrophages through complex formation and stabilization of the tumor suppressor protein p53. Infect Immun. 2002 Dec; 70(12):7054-62.
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Bacterial redox protein azurin, tumor suppressor protein p53, and regression of cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Oct 29; 99(22):14098-103.
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Electron-mediating Cu(A) centers in proteins: a comparative high field (1)H ENDOR study. J Am Chem Soc. 2002 Jul 10; 124(27):8152-62.
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Secreted products of a nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain induce two modes of macrophage killing: external-ATP-dependent, P2Z-receptor-mediated necrosis and ATP-independent, caspase-mediated apoptosis. Microbiology (Reading). 2000 Oct; 146 ( Pt 10):2521-2530.