Isolation of an asporogenic (spoOA) protective antigen-producing strain of Bacillus anthracis

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Worsham, Patricia L ^a   Sowers, Michele R ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Congo red; Protective antigen; SpoOA; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SPOROGENESIS; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

AGAR; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CONGO RED; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032982047     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-45-1-1     Document Type: Article

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