Basis for the extraordinary genetic stability of anthrax

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 112-118

  Kiel, Johnathan L ^a   Parker, Jill E ^a   Gifford, Homer ^a   Stribling, Lucille J V ^a   Alls, John L ^b   Meltz, Martin L ^c   McCreary, R Patrick ^d   Holwitt, Eric A ^e  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Veridian Inc   (United States)

^c Beam Tech Inc   (United States)

^d Litton TASC   (United States)

^e Conceptual MindWorks Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; Genetic stability

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA LIBRARY; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETIC STABILITY; INFLAMMATION; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; NITRATION; NONHUMAN;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; VECTORS;

EID: 0036416655     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04361.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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