Activity of the Bacillus anthracis 20 kDa protective antigen component

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hammamieh, Rasha ^a   Ribot, Wilson J ^b   Abshire, Terry G ^b   Jett, Marti ^a   Ezzell, John ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; CASPASE 3; FAS ANTIGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; TRYPSIN; ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CD38 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTHRAX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOID CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL;

ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, CD38; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASPASE 3; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 53949109359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-124     Document Type: Article

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