Differential Function of Lip Residues in the Mechanism and Biology of an Anthrax Hemophore

MarCia T. Ekworomadu; Catherine B. Poor; Cedric P. Owens; Miriam A. Balderas; Marian Fabian; John S. Olson; Frank Murphy; Erol Balkabasi; Erin S. Honsa; Chuan He; Celia W. Goulding; Anthony W. Maresso

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002559

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Differential Function of Lip Residues in the Mechanism and Biology of an Anthrax Hemophore

MarCia T. Ekworomadu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: MarCia T. Ekworomadu, Catherine B. Poor

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Catherine B. Poor ,

Contributed equally to this work with: MarCia T. Ekworomadu, Catherine B. Poor

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Cedric P. Owens,

Affiliation Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Miriam A. Balderas,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Marian Fabian,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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John S. Olson,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Frank Murphy,

Affiliation Northeastern Collaborative Access Team, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, United States of America
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Erol Balkabasi,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Erin S. Honsa,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Chuan He,

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Celia W. Goulding,

Affiliation Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Anthony W. Maresso

* E-mail: maresso@bcm.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Differential Function of Lip Residues in the Mechanism and Biology of an Anthrax Hemophore

MarCia T. Ekworomadu,
Catherine B. Poor,
Cedric P. Owens,
Miriam A. Balderas,
Marian Fabian,
John S. Olson,
Frank Murphy,
Erol Balkabasi,
Erin S. Honsa,
Chuan He

Published: March 8, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002559

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