Anthrax toxins and the host: A story of intimacy

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-23

  Mock, Michèle ^a   Mignot, Tâm ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037238128     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2003.00253.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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