Genetic diversity in the protective antigen gene of Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2358-2362

  Price, Lance B ^a   Hugh Jones, Martin ^b   Jackson, Paul J ^c   Keim, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0032909019     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2358-2362.1999     Document Type: Article

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