The anthrax toxin activator gene atxA is associated with CO2-enhanced non-toxin gene expression in Bacillus anthracis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3091-3099

  Hoffmaster, Alex R ^a   Koehler, Theresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULON; TRANSPOSON; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0030878285     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.8.3091-3099.1997     Document Type: Article

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