Bacillus anthracis pXO1 plasmid sequence conservation among closely related bacterial species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 134-141

  Pannucci, J ^a   Okinaka, R T ^a   Sabin, R ^a   Kuske, C R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA PROBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

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

EID: 0036135493     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.1.134-141.2002     Document Type: Article

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