Bacillus anthracis edema toxin causes extensive tissue lesions and rapid lethality in mice.

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Published in Am J Pathol on November 01, 2005

Authors

Aaron M Firoved1, Georgina F Miller, Mahtab Moayeri, Rahul Kakkar, Yuequan Shen, Jason F Wiggins, Elizabeth M McNally, Wei-Jen Tang, Stephen H Leppla

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, 30 Convent Dr., Building 30, Room 303, Bethesda, MD 20892-4349, USA.

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