Bacillus anthracis surface: Capsule and S-layer

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-255

  Fouet, A ^a,c   Mesnage, S ^a   Tosi Couture, E ^b   Gounon, P ^b   Mock, M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c U Toxines Pathogenie Bacteriennes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; CLONING;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CAPSULATION; CELL SURFACES; CELL WALL ORGANIZATION; COMPLEX CELLS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LOCALISED; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLI; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032823613     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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