Bacillus anthracis genetics and virulence gene regulation

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 271, Issue , 2002, Pages 143-164

  Koehler, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GERMINATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; VIRULENCE;

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

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036022860     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-05767-4_7     Document Type: Review

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