Glycosyltransferase - A specific marker for the discrimination of Bacillus anthracis from the Bacillus cereus group

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-286

  Kim, Wonyong ^a,c   Kim, Ji Yeon ^a   Cho, Sung Lim ^a   Nam, Sun Woo ^b   Shin, Jong Wook ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Shin, Hyoung Shik ^c  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Health Industry Development Institute   (South Korea)

^c Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS PSEUDOMYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC MARKERS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40549134926     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47642-0     Document Type: Article

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