Bacillus anthracis exosporium protein BclA affects spore germination, interaction with extracellular matrix proteins, and hydrophobicity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5233-5239

  Brahmbhatt, Trupti N ^a,c   Janes, Brian K ^b,d   Stibitz, E Scott ^b   Darnell, Stephen C ^a   Sanz, Patrick ^a   Rasmussen, Susan B ^a   O'Brien, Alison D ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Center for Drug Evaluation and Research   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCLA; RECEPTOR; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BCLA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RABBIT; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LETHAL DOSE 50; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; RABBITS; SPORES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 35649024217     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00660-07     Document Type: Article

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