<it>Bacillus anthracis’</it> lethal toxin induces broad transcriptional responses in human peripheral monocytes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Anthrax lethal toxin (LT), produced by the Gram-positive bacterium <it>Bacillus anthracis</it>, is a highly effective zinc dependent metalloprotease that cleaves the N-terminus of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases...

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Main Authors: Chauncey Kassidy M, Lopez M, Sidhu Gurjit, Szarowicz Sarah E, Baker Henry V, Quinn Conrad, Southwick Frederick S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:BMC Immunology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2172/13/33