A plasmid-encoded regulator couples the synthesis of toxins and surface structures in Bacillus anthracis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 917-927

  Mignot, Tâm ^a   Mock, Michèle ^a   Fouet, Agnès ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ATXA GENE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAG GENE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PAGR GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PXO1 GENE; S LAYER GENE; SAP GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037326444     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03345.x     Document Type: Article

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