Bacillus anthracis spores of the bclA mutant exhibit increased adherence to epithelial cells, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells but not to macrophages

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4498-4505

  Bozue, Joel ^a   Moody, Krishna L ^a   Cote, Christopher K ^a   Stiles, Bradley G ^a   Friedlander, Arthur M ^a   Welkos, Susan L ^a   Hale, Martha L ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BCLA GENE; BRONCHUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOSPORIUM; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BRONCHI; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34548486969     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00434-07     Document Type: Article

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