Expression of cereolysine AB genes in Bacillus anthracis vaccine strain ensures protection against experimental hemolytic anthrax infection

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 17-18, 1997, Pages 1846-1850

  Pomerantsev, A P ^a   Staritsin, N A ^a   Mockov, Yu V ^a   Marinin, L I ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus cereus; Modulation of immunopathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE; BACTERIAL VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CRICETINAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0030784575     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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