Ecohealth 2020 Jan 31
Factors Contributing to Anthrax Outbreaks in the Circumpolar North.
Hueffer K, Drown D, Romanovsky V, Hennessy T
A 2016 outbreak of anthrax on the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia that led to the culling of more than two hundred thousand reindeer and killed one human, ...
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Source: PubMed
ACS Chem. Biol. 2020 Jan 31
A Canstatin-derived Peptide Provides Insight into the Role of Capillary Morphogenesis Gene 2 in Angiogenic Regulation and Matrix Uptake.
Finnell JG, Tsang TM, Cryan L, Garrard S, Lee SL, Ackroyd PC, Rogers MS, Christensen KA
Capillary Morphogenesis Gene 2 protein (CMG2) is a transmembrane, integrin-like receptor and the primary receptor for the anthrax toxin. CMG2 also pla ...
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Source: PubMed
Dev. Genes Evol. 2020 Jan 31
Untangling the Gordian knot-further resolving the super-species complex of 300-million-year-old xiphosurids by reconstructing their ontogeny.
Haug C, Haug JT
The group Xiphosurida (horseshoe "crabs") is today only represented by four species. However, in the fossil record, several dozen species have been de ...
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Source: PubMed
Microbiol. Res.
Genotyping and population diversity of Bacillus anthracis in China based on MLVA and canSNP analysis.
Wang D, Wang B, Zhu L, Wu S, Lyu Y, Feng E, Pan C, Jiao L, Cui Y, Liu X, Wang H
In pastoral parts of China, anthrax still presents a major risk to livestock and threatens the health of local human populations. Currently, whole-gen ...
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Source: PubMed
PLoS ONE
Evaluation of liposomal ciprofloxacin formulations in a murine model of anthrax.
Stratilo CW, Jager S, Crichton M, Blanchard JD
The in vivo efficacy of liposomal encapsulated ciprofloxacin in two formulations, lipoquin and apulmiq, were evaluated against the causative agent of ...
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Source: PubMed
