Anthrax Lethal Factor Cleaves Mouse Nlrp1b in Both Toxin-Sensitive and Toxin-Resistant Macrophages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Hellmich, Kristina A ^a   Levinsohn, Jonathan L ^a   Fattah, Rasem ^a   Newman, Zachary L ^a   Maier, Nolan ^a   Sastalla, Inka ^a   Liu, Shihui ^a   Leppla, Stephen H ^a   Moayeri, Mahtab ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTHRAX TOXIN; DNA; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NLRP1B PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DNA POLYMORPHISM; INBRED STRAIN; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CASPASE 1; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

RATTUS;

EID: 84869073837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049741     Document Type: Article

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