Capsule synthesis by Bacillus anthracis is required for dissemination in murine inhalation anthrax

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 221-227

  Drysdale, Melissa ^a   Heninger, Sara ^b   Hutt, Julie ^c   Chen, Yahua ^c   Lyons, C Rick ^a   Koehler, Theresa M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthracis; Anthrax; Capsule; Infection; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LD 50; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OPERON; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 13244255402     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600495     Document Type: Article

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