Microarray analysis of transposon insertion mutations in Bacillus anthracis: Global identification of genes required for sporulation and germination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3296-3301

  Day Jr , William A ^a   Rasmussen, Suzanne L ^a   Carpenter, Beth M ^a,c   Peterson, Scott N ^b   Friedlander, Arthur M ^a  

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

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE INSERTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 34247880348     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01860-06     Document Type: Article

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