Bacillus anthracis Spore Entry into Epithelial Cells Is an Actin-Dependent Process Requiring c-Src and PI3K

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Qiong Xue,

Affiliation Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Sarah A. Jenkins,

Affiliation Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Chunfang Gu,

Affiliation Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Emanuel Smeds,

Affiliation Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Qing Liu,

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Ranga Vasan,

Affiliation Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Brooke H. Russell,

Affiliation Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Yi Xu

* E-mail: yxu@ibt.tamhsc.edu

Affiliation Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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