Proteomic analysis of the spore coats of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1443-1454

  Lai, Erh Min ^a,d   Phadke, Nikhil D ^a,e   Kachman, Maureen T ^b   Giorno, Rebecca ^c   Vazquez, Santiago ^b   Vazquez, Jenny A ^b   Maddock, Janine R ^a   Driks, Adam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e Handylab Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEOMICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037317737     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1443-1454.2003     Document Type: Article

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