| Literature DB >> 15372082 |
G Jonah A Rainey1, John A T Young.
Abstract
Never before has there been such a strong possibility that biological agents might be used indiscriminately on civilian populations. This review focuses on the use of antitoxins - antibodies, receptor decoys, dominant-negative inhibitors of translocation, small-molecule inhibitors and substrate analogues - to counteract those biological weapons for which toxins are an important mechanism of disease pathogenesis.Mesh:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15372082 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro977
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Microbiol ISSN: 1740-1526 Impact factor: 60.633