In vivo demonstration and quantification of intracellular Bacillus anthracis in lung epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3975-3983

  Russell, Brooke H ^a   Liu, Qing ^a   Jenkins, Sarah A ^a   Tuvim, Michael J ^a   Dickey, Burton F ^a   Xu, Yi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; F ACTIN;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 51949107679     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00282-08     Document Type: Article

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