An overlap between the control of programmed cell death in Bacillus anthracis and sporulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4103-4110

  Chandramohan, Lakshmi ^a   Ahn, Jong Sam ^a   Weaver, Keith E ^a   Bayles, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; GRAMICIDIN; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLHAB2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LRGAB GENE; LYTSR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

APOPTOSIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; OPERON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67649388224     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00314-09     Document Type: Article

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