Orientation within the exosporium and structural stability of the collagen-like glycoprotein BclA of Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5310-5317

  Boydston, Jeremy A ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Steichen, Christopher T ^a   Turnbough Jr , Charles L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN BCLA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT GLYCOPROTEIN BCLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STERNE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATION; DENATURATION; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; EXOSPORIUM; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; THERMAL DENATURATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASES; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 22544432231     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.15.5310-5317.2005     Document Type: Article

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