Sequence and organization of pXO1, the large Bacillus anthracis plasmid harboring the anthrax toxin genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6509-6515

  Okinaka, R T ^a   Cloud, K ^a,e   Hampton, O ^a   Hoffmaster, A R ^b   Hill, K K ^a   Keim, P ^c   Koehler, T M ^b   Lamke, G ^a,f   Kumano, S ^a,g   Mahillon, J ^d   Manter, D ^a,h   Martinez, Y ^a   Ricke, D ^a,i   Svensson, R ^a   Jackson, P J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; CYTOSINE; GENE PRODUCT; GUANINE; INTEGRASE; RESOLVASE; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; DNA TRANSFER; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STR. STERNE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032717290     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6509-6515.1999     Document Type: Article

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