Fate of germinated Bacillus anthracis spores in primary murine macrophages

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 931-938

  Guidi Rontani, Chantal ^a   Levy, Martine ^a   Ohayon, Helene ^b   Mock, Michele ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; HOST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEGETATION;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; MURINAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035170561     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02695.x     Document Type: Article

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