Bacillus anthracis virulent plasmid pX02 genes found in large plasmids of two other Bacillus species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2367-2377

  Luna, Vicki A ^a,d   King, Debra S ^a   Peak, K Kealy ^a   Reeves, Frank ^b   Heberlein Larson, Lea ^b   Veguilla, William ^a   Heller, L ^a   Duncan, Kathleen E ^c   Cannons, Andrew C ^a   Amuso, Philip ^a,b   Cattani, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA; RNA 16S;

ACPA GENE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAPA GENE; CAPB GENE; CAPC GENE; CAPD GENE; CAPR GENE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PLASMID PX01; PLASMID PX02; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPA GENE;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS LUCIFERENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33746191741     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00154-06     Document Type: Article

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