Bacillus cereus G9241 S-layer assembly contributes to the pathogenesis of anthrax-like disease in mice

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 596-605

  Wang, Ya Ting ^a,b   Oh, So Young ^a,b   Hendrickx, Antoni P A ^a,b   Lunderberg, J M ^a,b   Schneewind, Olaf ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CSAB PROTEIN; EXTRACTABLE ANTIGEN 1; HYDROLASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; S LAYER ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SECONDARY CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDE; SURFACE ARRAY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE;

EID: 84873020808     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02005-12     Document Type: Article

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