Affiliation:
1. Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York, USA
Abstract
Plague is a rapidly lethal human disease caused by the bacterium
Yersinia pestis
. This study demonstrated that the
Y. pestis
plasminogen activator Pla, a protease that promotes fibrin degradation, thwarts T cell-mediated defense against fully virulent
Y. pestis
.
Funder
Trudeau Institute
HHS | National Institutes of Health
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
Cited by
4 articles.
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