Regulation of anthrax toxin activator gene (atxA) expression in Bacillus anthracis: Temperature, not CO2/bicarbonate, affects atxA synthesis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2576-2582

  Dai, Zhihao ^a   Koehler, Theresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030994608     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.7.2576-2582.1997     Document Type: Article

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