Bacillus anthracis-derived nitric oxide is essential for pathogen virulence and survival in macrophages

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1009-1013

  Shatalin, Konstantin ^a   Gusarov, Ivan ^a   Avetissova, Ekaterina ^a   Shatalina, Yelena ^a   McQuade, Lindsey E ^b   Lippard, Stephen J ^b   Nudler, Evgeny ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacterial NO synthase; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FENTON REACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 38949187268     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710950105     Document Type: Article

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