BslA, a pXO1-encoded adhesin of Bacillus anthracis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 504-515

  Kern, Justin W ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BSLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITRONECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN VARIANT;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 41049113518     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06169.x     Document Type: Article

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