Bacillus anthracis requires siderophore biosynthesis for growth in macrophages and mouse virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 407-417

  Cendrowski, Stephen ^a   MacArthur, William ^b   Hanna, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GeneWorks Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; SIDEROPHORE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHAGOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; KINETICS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SIDEROPHORES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0942279513     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03861.x     Document Type: Article

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