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ReviewGenomics, proteomics & bioinformatics2004

Proteomics reveals that proteins expressed during the early stage of Bacillus anthracis infection are potential targets for the development of vaccines and drugs.

Chun-Ming Huang, Craig A Elmets, De-chu C Tang, Fuming Li, Nabiha Yusuf

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Review in Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. TheMicroorganisms · 2020
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  6. Computational drug discovery.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2012
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  12. Structures of an alanine racemase from Bacillus anthracis (BA0252) in the presence and absence of (R)-1-aminoethylphosphonic acid (L-Ala-P).Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications · 2008
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chun-Ming HuangDepartment of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA. chunming@uab.edu
Craig A Elmets
De-chu C Tang
Fuming Li
Nabiha Yusuf

Funding

Yessinia autotransporters (Yaps): Structure, function, and host responseU54AI057157 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CROWE, JAMES E · 2003 to 2013
$91.4M
UAB Skin Diseases Research CenterP30AR050948 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ELMETS, CRAIG A · 2004 to 2013
$5.5M
PHTHALOCYANINE PDT--IN VIVO RESPONSES AND MECHANISMSR01CA086172 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ELMETS, CRAIG A · 2000 to 2004
$1.4M
IMMUNODERMATOLOGICAL THERAPY OF SKIN CANCERR01CA079820 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ELMETS, CRAIG A · 1999 to 2003
$831k
Anthrax vaccination by targeting spore germinationR21AI058002 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI HUANG, CHUN-MING · 2004 to 2005
$726k
Apoptosis-Resistant Langerhans CellsR01AI050150 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI TIMARES, LAURA · 2002 to 2004
$702k
Noninvasive delivery of skin-targeted anthrax vaccinesR43AI047558 · NIAID · VAXIN INC. · PI TANG, DE-CHU CHRISTOPHER · 2001 to 2001
$100k
NCI NIH HHS R01-CA79820NCI NIH HHS R01 CA86172-01NIAID NIH HHS 1-R21-AI58002-01NIAID NIH HHS 1-R43-AI47558-01A2NIAID NIH HHS 5 U54 AI057157-02NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI50150NIAMS NIH HHS P30-AR050948
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this review, we advance a new concept in developing vaccines and/or drugs to target specific proteins expressed during the early stage of Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) infection and address existing challenges to this concept. Three proteins (immune inhibitor A, GPR-like spore protease, and alanine racemase) initially identified by proteomics in our laboratory were found to have differential expressions during anthrax spore germination and early outgrowth. Other studies of different bacillus strains indicate that these three proteins are involved in either germination or cytotoxicity of spores, suggesting that they may serve as potential targets for the design of anti-anthrax vaccines and drugs.

Indexed as

Gene ExpressionProteomicsAlanine RacemaseAmino Acid SequenceBacillus anthracisBacterial ProteinsElectrophoresis, Gel, Two-DimensionalMass SpectrometryMetalloendopeptidasesMolecular Sequence DataPeptide FragmentsSpores, BacterialAlanine RacemaseBacterial Proteinsimmune inhibitor AMetalloendopeptidasesPeptide Fragmentsspore-specific proteins, Bacillus

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PMID15862115
PMCPMC5172467

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