The SLH-domain protein BslO is a determinant of Bacillus anthracis chain length

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 192-205

  Anderson, Valerie J ^a   Kern, Justin W ^a   Mccool, Justin W ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a   Missiakas, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BSLO; PROTEIN CSAB; S LAYER HOMOLOGY DOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM CHAIN LENGTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BSLO GENE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79959537294     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07688.x     Document Type: Article

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