Designed azolopyridinium salts block protective antigen pores in vitro and protect cells from anthrax toxin.

BACKGROUND: Several intracellular acting bacterial protein toxins of the AB-type, which are known to enter cells by endocytosis, are shown to produce channels. This holds true for protective antigen (PA), the binding component of the tripartite anthrax-toxin of Bacillus anthracis. Evidence has been...

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Main Authors: Christoph Beitzinger, Anika Bronnhuber, Kerstin Duscha, Zsuzsanna Riedl, Markus Huber-Lang, Roland Benz, György Hajós, Holger Barth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3688708?pdf=render