Identification of the immunodominant protein and other proteins of the Bacillus anthracis exosporium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1903-1910

  Steichen, Christopher ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Kearney, John F ^a   Turnbough Jr , Charles L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BCLA PROTEIN; BXPA PROTEIN; BXPB PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

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

EID: 0037334891     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.6.1903-1910.2003     Document Type: Article

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