Bacillus anthracis co-opts nitric oxide and host serum albumin for pathogenicity in hypoxic conditions

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  St John, Stephen ^a   Blower, Ryan ^a   Popova, Taissia G ^a   Narayanan, Aarthi ^a   Chung, Myung Chul ^a   Bailey, Charles L ^a   Popov, Serguei G ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Microaerobic culture; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; N (G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; SUPEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALIBRATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROSYLATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OXIDATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BOVINAE; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; TOXICITY; CATTLE; MICROAEROBIC CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CATTLE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SUPEROXIDES;

ANTHRAX; MICROAEROBIC CULTURE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TOXICITY;

EID: 84891435430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00016     Document Type: Article

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