Targeting of the BclA and BclB proteins to the Bacillus anthracis spore surface

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 421-434

  Thompson, Brian M ^a   Stewart, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCLA; PROTEIN BCLB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CYTOPLASM; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 52649144340     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06420.x     Document Type: Article

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