Characterization of the operon encoding the alternative σ(B) factor from Bacillus anthracis and its role in virulence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 5036-5045

  Fouet, A ^a   Namy, O ^a   Lambert, G ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033815867     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.18.5036-5045.2000     Document Type: Article

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