Full expression of Bacillus anthracis toxin gene in the presence of bicarbonate requires a 2.7-kb-long atxA mRNA that contains a terminator structure

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 249-259

  Bertin, Marine ^a   Château, Alice ^a   Fouet, Agnès ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AtxA; Bacillus anthracis; Bicarbonate; Terminator; Toxin component

Indexed keywords

ATXA TOXIN; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BICARBONATE; DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; PAGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA STABILITY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 77953545738     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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