Role of the N-terminal amino acid of Bacillus anthracis lethal factor in lethal toxin cytotoxicity and its effect on the lethal toxin neutralization assay

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1737-1741

  Verma, Anita ^a   Wagner, Leslie ^a   Stibitz, Scott ^a   Nguyen, Nga ^a   Guerengomba, Flor ^a   Burns, Drusilla L ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS LETHAL FACTOR; BACTERIAL TOXIN; LETHAL TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CYTOTOXICITY; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS;

EID: 55849095820     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00081-08     Document Type: Article

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