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Anthrax lethal toxin induced lysosomal membrane permeabilization and cytosolic cathepsin release is Nlrp1b/Nalp1b-dependent.
PloS one - 18 Nov 2009
Averette Kathleen M, Pratt Matthew R, Yang Yanan, Bassilian Sara, Whitelegge Julian P, Loo Joseph A, Muir Tom W, Bradley Kenneth A
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NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are a group of cytoplasmic molecules that recognize microbial invasion or 'danger signals'. Activation of NLRs can induce rapid caspase-1 dependent cell death termed pyroptosis, or a caspase-1 independent cell death termed pyronecrosis. Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin (L...
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