Potent inhibitors of anthrax lethal factor from green tea

EMBO Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 418-422

  Dell'Aica, Isabella ^a   Donà, Massimo ^a   Tonello, Fiorella ^b   Piris, Alejanro ^c   Mock, Michèle ^c   Montecucco, Cesare ^a   Garbisa, Spiridione ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Anthax; Green tea extract; Inhibitor; Lethal toxin; Metalloprotease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHRAX; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; LETHAL GENE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TEA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTHRAX;

EID: 2442478677     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400118     Document Type: Article

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