Bacillus anthracis interacts with plasmin(ogen) to evade C3b-dependent innate immunity.

Bacillus anthracis interacts with plasmin(ogen) to evade C3b-dependent innate immunity.

The causative agent of anthrax, Bacillus anthracis, is capable of circumventing the humoral and innate immune defense of the host and modulating the blood chemistry in circulation to initiate a productive infection. It has been shown that the pathogen employs a number of strategies against immune ce...

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Main Authors: Myung-Chul Chung, Jessica H Tonry, Aarthi Narayanan, Nathan P Manes, Ryan S Mackie, Bradford Gutting, Dhritiman V Mukherjee, Taissia G Popova, Fatah Kashanchi, Charles L Bailey, Serguei G Popov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3064659?pdf=render

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