Anthrose biosynthetic operon of Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2350-2359

  Dong, Shengli ^a   McPherson, Sylvia A ^b   Tan, Li ^b   Chesnokova, Olga N ^b   Turnbough Jr , Charles L ^b   Pritchard, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROSE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; RHAMNOSE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO SUGARS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 41549101499     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01899-07     Document Type: Article

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