Identification and characterization of a germination operon on the virulence plasmid pXOI of Bacillus anthracis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 407-414

  Guidi Rontani, Chantal ^a   Pereira, Yannick ^a   Ruffie, Stéphanie ^a   Sirard, Jean Claude ^a   Weber Levy, Martine ^a   Mock, Michèle ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GERMINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; START CODON;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GERMINATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032996831     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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