Assembly of the BclB glycoprotein into the exosporium and evidence for its role in the formation of the exosporium 'cap' structure in Bacillus anthracis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1073-1084

  Thompson, Brian M ^a   Hoelscher, Bryce C ^a   Driks, Adam ^b   Stewart, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BCLA PROTEIN; BCLB PROTEIN; BXPB PROTEIN; COTY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOSPORIUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 84870250557     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12042     Document Type: Article

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