Germination of Bacillus anthracis spores within alveolar macrophages

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-17

  Guidi Rontani, Chantal ^a   Weber Levy, Martine ^a   Labruyère, Elisabeth ^a   Mock, Michèle ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; RABBITS; RHODAMINES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032920029     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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