Species-Specific Peptide Ligands for the Detection of Bacillus anthracis Spores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6288-6293

  Williams, David D ^a   Benedek, Orsolya ^a,b   Turnbough Jr , Charles L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA SEQUENCES; POLYPEPTIDES; SENSORS;

LIGANDS;

BACTERIA;

LIGAND; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN VARIANT; SENSOR; CLASSIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

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

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0142072735     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.6288-6293.2003     Document Type: Article

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