Capsules, Toxins and AtxA as Virulence Factors of Emerging Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Brézillon, Christophe ^a   Haustant, Michel ^a   Dupke, Susann ^b   Corre, Jean Philippe ^a   Lander, Angelika ^b   Franz, Tatjana ^b   Monot, Marc ^a   Couture Tosi, Evelyne ^a   Jouvion, Gregory ^a   Leendertz, Fabian H ^b   Grunow, Roland ^b   Mock, Michèle E ^a   Klee, Silke R ^b   Goossens, Pierre L ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; CAP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYALURONIC ACID; SPECTINOMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNITY; LD50; MOUSE; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS CEREUS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENOMICS; MICE; PLASMIDS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84928914504     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003455     Document Type: Article

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