Small, acid-soluble proteins as biomarkers in mass spectrometry analysis of Bacillus spores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1100-1107

  Hathout, Yetrib ^a   Setlow, Barbara ^b   Cabrera Martinez, Rosa Martha ^b,c   Fenselau, Catherine ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; BIOMARKERS; DESORPTION; EXTRACTION; GENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION;

BACTERIA;

ACETONITRILE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORIDE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID;

BIOMARKER; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATABASE; TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

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

EID: 0037317890     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.1100-1107.2003     Document Type: Article

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