Encapsulated bacillus anthracis interacts closely with liver endothelium

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1381-1389

  Piris Gimenez, Alejandro ^a,b,d   Corre, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Jouvion, Gregory ^a   Candela, Thomas ^a,b,c   Khun, Huot ^a   Goossens, Pierre L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE MODEL; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; LIVER SINUSOID; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LIVER; MICE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 70350744466     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/644506     Document Type: Article

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