The genome and variation of Bacillus anthracis

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 397-405

  Keim, Paul ^a,b,c   Gruendike, Jeffrey M ^a   Klevytska, Alexandra M ^a   Schupp, James M ^a   Challacombe, Jean ^c   Okinaka, Richard ^a,c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomal inversion; Phylogeny; Variable number tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 70350735970     PISSN: 00982997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2009.08.005     Document Type: Review

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