Anthrax toxin: A tripartite lethal combination

FEBS Letters

Volumn 531, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 384-388

  Ascenzi, Paolo ^a   Visca, Paolo ^a,b   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^b   Spallarossa, Andrea ^c   Bolognesi, Martino ^c   Montecucco, Cesare ^d  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthrax toxin; Bacillus anthracis; Edema factor; Lethal factor; Protective antigen

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTHRAX TOXIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOST RESISTANCE; LETHAL GENE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SHORT SURVEY; TOXEMIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX VACCINES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; HUMANS;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037145812     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(02)03609-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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