Surface-Layer (S-Layer) Proteins Sap and EA1 Govern the Binding of the S-Layer-Associated Protein BslO at the Cell Septa of Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3833-3840

  Kern, Valerie ^a,b   Kern, Justin ^b   Theriot, Julie ^b   Schneewind, Olaf ^a,c   Missiakas, Dominique ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN BSLO; BACTERIAL PROTEIN EA1; BACTERIAL PROTEIN SAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL WALL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84866342410     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00402-12     Document Type: Article

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