AtxA activates the transcription of genes harbored by both Bacillus anthracis virulence plasmids

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-207

  Guignot, Julie ^a   Mock, Michèle ^a   Fouet, Agnès ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; capsule; regulation of transcription; virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENCAPSULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; LAC OPERON; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0031055751     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00524-1     Document Type: Article

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