Anthrax lethal toxin-mediated killing of human and murine dendritic cells impairs the adaptive immune response

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 0150-0158

  Alileche, Abdelkrim ^a,b   Serfass, Evan R ^a   Muehlbauer, Stefan M ^a   Porcelli, Steven A ^a   Brojatsch, Jürgen ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36749009663     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0010019     Document Type: Article

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