Identification and classification of bcl genes and proteins of Bacillus cereus group organisms and their application in Bacillus anthracis detection and fingerprinting

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7163-7172

  Leski, Tomasz A ^a   Caswell, Clayton C ^b,h   Pawlowski, Marcin ^e   Klinke, David J ^b,c   Bujnicki, Janusz M ^e,f   Hart, Sean J ^g   Lukomski, Slawomir ^b,d  

^a NOVA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c West Virginia University   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^f ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^g NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; PALMPRINT RECOGNITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUPS; BACILLUS SPORE; GENUS BACILLUS; LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; LENGTH VARIATIONS; SPECIFIC DETECTION; THURINGIENSIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN BCL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BCL GENE; BCLA GENE; BCLB GENE; BCLC GENE; BCLD GENE; BCLE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70449339233     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01069-09     Document Type: Article

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