Formation and Composition of the Bacillus anthracis Endospore

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 164-178

  Liu, Hongbin ^a   Bergman, Nicholas H ^b   Thomason, Brendan ^b   Shallom, Shamira ^c   Hazen, Alyson ^c   Crossno, Joseph ^b   Rasko, David A ^c   Ravel, Jacques ^c   Read, Timothy D ^c,e   Peterson, Scott N ^c,d   Yates III, John ^a   Hanna, Philip C ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEOME; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 9144275038     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.1.164-178.2004     Document Type: Article

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