Bacillus anthracis cell envelope components

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 271, Issue , 2002, Pages 87-113

  Fouet, A ^a   Mesnage, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; HEXOSAMINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLMANNOSAMINE; N-ACETYLMANNOSAMINE; SURFACE ARRAY PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; GALACTOSE; HEXOSAMINES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0036022857     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-05767-4_5     Document Type: Review

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