The Heart Is an Early Target of Anthrax Lethal Toxin in Mice: A Protective Role for Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (nNOS)

Mahtab Moayeri; Devorah Crown; David W. Dorward; Don Gardner; Jerrold M. Ward; Yan Li; Xizhong Cui; Peter Eichacker; Stephen H. Leppla

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000456

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The Heart Is an Early Target of Anthrax Lethal Toxin in Mice: A Protective Role for Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (nNOS)

Mahtab Moayeri,

Affiliation Bacterial Toxins and Therapeutics Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Devorah Crown,

Affiliation Bacterial Toxins and Therapeutics Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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David W. Dorward,

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Don Gardner,

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Jerrold M. Ward,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Pathogenesis Section, Comparative Medicine Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Yan Li,

Affiliation Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Xizhong Cui,

Affiliation Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Peter Eichacker,

Affiliation Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Stephen H. Leppla

* E-mail: sleppla@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Bacterial Toxins and Therapeutics Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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The Heart Is an Early Target of Anthrax Lethal Toxin in Mice: A Protective Role for Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (nNOS)

Mahtab Moayeri,
Devorah Crown,
David W. Dorward,
Don Gardner,
Jerrold M. Ward,
Yan Li,
Xizhong Cui,
Peter Eichacker,
Stephen H. Leppla

Published: May 29, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000456

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