BslA, the S-layer adhesin of B. anthracis, is a virulence factor for anthrax pathogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-332

  Kern, Justin ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANTHRAX VACCINE; PROTEIN BSLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX VACCINES; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GUINEA PIGS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STR. STERNE; CAVIA;

EID: 74349118819     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06958.x     Document Type: Article

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