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Anthrax delivers a lethal blow to host immunity

Nature Medicine volume 9, pages 996–997 (2003)Cite this article

Anthrax toxin is known to impair key signaling pathways, but exactly how does this damage the body or benefit the bacterium? Impairment of host immunity is now linked to an enzymatic activity of the toxin.

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Figure 1: Anthrax toxin action at the subcellular level.

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Starnbach, M., Collier, R. Anthrax delivers a lethal blow to host immunity. Nat Med 9, 996–997 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0803-996

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