Structure of the exosporium and sublayers of spores of the Bacillus cereus family revealed by electron crystallography

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 947-958

  Ball, David A ^a,b   Taylor, Robert ^b   Todd, Sarah J ^b   Redmond, Caroline ^c   Couture Tosi, Evelyne ^d   Sylvestre, Patricia ^d   Moir, Anne ^b   Bullough, Per A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGINASE; INOSINE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 42549102416     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06206.x     Document Type: Article

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