Identification of a second collagen-like glycoprotein produced by Bacillus anthracis and demonstration of associated spore-specific sugars

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4592-4597

  Waller, Lashanda N ^a   Stump, Michael J ^a   Fox, Karen F ^a   Harley, William M ^a   Fox, Alvin ^a   Stewart, George C ^b   Shahgholi, Mona ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCLB; RHAMNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLYCOPROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 21144447069     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.13.4592-4597.2005     Document Type: Article

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