Anthrax

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2001, Pages 647-671

  Mock, M ^a   Fouet, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus group; Peptide capsule; Spore; Toxin; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTHRAX TOXIN; ANTHRAX VACCINE; CELL RECEPTOR; METALLOPROTEINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ZINC ION;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENCAPSULATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; HUMANS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX BACILLUS; BACILLI; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034775877     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.55.1.647     Document Type: Review

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