Carbohydrates and glycoproteins of Bacillus anthracis and related bacilli: Targets for biodetection

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-152

  Fox, Alvin ^a   Stewart, George C ^b   Waller, Lashanda N ^a   Fox, Karen F ^a   Harley, William M ^a   Price, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Carbohydrate; Glycoprotein; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

2 O METHYLRHAMNOSE; 3 O METHYLRHAMNOSE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; FUCOSE; GLYCOPROTEIN; RHAMNOSE; TEICHOIC ACID; TEICHURONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URONIC ACID;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANTHRAX; BACILLI; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP;

EID: 0038054122     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(03)00095-2     Document Type: Review

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