Surface Layer Protein EA1 Is Not a Component of Bacillus anthracis Spores but Is a Persistent Contaminant in Spore Preparations

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 566-569

  Williams, David D ^a   Turnbough Jr , Charles L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN EA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0347915663     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.2.566-569.2004     Document Type: Article

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