Control of virulence gene expression in Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-281

  Hoffmaster, A R ^a   Koehler, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; SIGNAL ENCODING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANTHRAX TOXINS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; GENES ENCODING; GENES EXPRESSION; MINIMAL MEDIAS; NULL MUTANT; PARENT STRAIN; PROTECTIVE ANTIGENS; TOXIN GENES; VIRULENCE GENE;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032858381     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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