Penetration of the blood-brain barrier by Bacillus anthracis requires the pXO1-encoded BslA protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7165-7173

  Ebrahimi, Celia M ^a   Kern, Justin W ^b   Sheen, Tamsin R ^a   Ebrahimi Fardooee, Mohammad A ^c   Van Sorge, Nina M ^d   Schneewind, Olaf ^b   Doran, Kelly S ^a,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BSLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PXO1 PLASMID;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMIDS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 72249111545     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00903-09     Document Type: Article

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