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Repression of inflammasome by Francisella tularensis during early stages of infection.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 16 Aug 2013
Dotson Rachel J, Rabadi Seham M, Westcott Elizabeth L, Bradley Stephen, Catlett Sally V, Banik Sukalyani, Harton Jonathan A, Bakshi Chandra Shekhar, Malik Meenakshi
Abstract excerpt
Francisella tularensis is an important human pathogen responsible for causing tularemia. F. tularensis has long been developed as a biological weapon and is now classified as a category A agent by the Centers for Disease Control because of its possible use as a bioterror agent. F. tularensis represses inflammasome; a cytosolic multi-protein complex that activates caspase-1 to produce proinflammatory cytokines...
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