Activation of the latent PlcR regulon in Bacillus anthracis

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2982-2993

  Sastalla, Inka ^a   Maltese, Lauren M ^a   Pomerantseva, Olga M ^b   Pomerantsev, Andrei P ^a   Keane Myers, Andrea ^b   Leppla, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEIN BA 1995; PROTEIN PLCR; PROTEINASE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CYTOLYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; SPOROGENESIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE;

EID: 77957884562     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.041418-0     Document Type: Article

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