Morphogenesis of the Bacillus anthracis spore

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 691-705

  Giorno, Rebecca ^a   Bozue, Joel ^b   Cote, Christopher ^b   Wenzel, Theresa ^a   Moody, Krishna Sulayman ^b   Mallozzi, Michael ^a   Ryan, Matthew ^a   Wang, Rong ^c   Zielke, Ryszard ^d   Maddock, Janine R ^d   Friedlander, Arthur ^b   Welkos, Susan ^b   Driks, Adam ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COTE GENE; GENE MUTATION; GERMINATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 33846601807     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00921-06     Document Type: Article

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