Bacillus anthracis, a bug with attitude!

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-81

  Baillie, Les ^a   Read, Timothy D ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EDEMA; ENTEROPATHY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETHAL GENE; LUNG DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASE;

ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035147581     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00168-5     Document Type: Review

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