Molecular characterization of the Bacillus anthracis main S-layer component: Evidence that it is the major cell-associated antigen

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1147-1155

  Mesnage, Stéphane ^a   Tosi Couture, Evelyne ^a   Mock, Michèle ^a   Gounon, Pierre ^a   Fouet, Agnès ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030978176     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2941659.x     Document Type: Article

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