Novel role for the yceGH tellurite resistance genes in the pathogenesis of Bacillus anthracis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1132-1140

  Franks, Sarah E ^a   Ebrahimi, Celia ^b   Hollands, Andrew ^b   Okumura, Cheryl Y ^b   Aroian, Raffi V ^c   Nizet, Victor ^b,d   McGillivray, Shauna M ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MUTATION; TELLURIUM; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84894278653     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01614-13     Document Type: Article

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