The small acid soluble proteins (SASP α and SASP β) of Bacillus weihenstephanensis and Bacillus mycoides group 2 are the most distinct among the Bacillus cereus group

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 291-297

  Callahan, Courtney ^a   Fox, Karen ^a   Fox, Alvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI); Small acid soluble spore proteins (SASPs)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMALL ACID SOLUBLE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA SMALL ACID SOLUBLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS;

EID: 70350391800     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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