Cross-talk to the genes for Bacillus anthracis capsule synthesis by atxA, the gene encoding the trans-activator of anthrax toxin synthesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1229-1240

  Uchida, Ikuo ^a   Makino, Sou Ichi ^b   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^a   Terakado, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCAPSULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030934904     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3041667.x     Document Type: Article

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