Putative type IV secretion genes in Bacillus anthracis

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 191-195

  Grynberg, Marcin ^a   Li, Zhanwen ^b   Szczurek, Ewa ^a,c   Godzik, Adam ^b  

^a Institute of Biochemistry   (Poland)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONJUGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY VESICLE; SHORT SURVEY; SPOROGENESIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247485395     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.03.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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