Genetic evidence for the involvement of the S-Layer protein gene Sap and the sporulation genes spo0A, spo0B, and spo0F in phage AP50c infection of Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1143-1154

  Plaut, Roger D ^a   Beaber, John W ^b,g   Zemansky, Jason ^b   Kaur, Ajinder P ^c,d   George, Matroner ^c,d   Biswas, Biswajit ^c,d   Henry, Matthew ^c,d   Bishop Lilly, Kimberly A ^c,d   Mokashi, Vishwesh ^d   Hannah, Ryan M ^e   Pope, Robert K ^e   Read, Timothy D ^f   Stibitz, Scott ^a   Calendar, Richard ^b   Sozhamannan, Shanmuga ^c,d,h  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g INTREXON CORPORATION   (United States)

^h Goldbelt Raven LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

EID: 84894380970     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00739-13     Document Type: Article

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