mSystems, 2018 Bacillus anthracis plasmids pXO1 and pXO2 carry the main virulence factors responsible for anthrax. However, the extent of copy number variation within the species and how the plasmids are related to pXO1/pXO2-like plasmids in other species of the ...
Angela Pena-Gonzalez +9 more
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Effective antiprotease-antibiotic treatment of experimental anthrax [PDF]
, 2005 BACKGROUND: Inhalation anthrax is characterized by a systemic spread of the challenge agent, Bacillus anthracis. It causes severe damage, including multiple hemorrhagic lesions, to host tissues and organs.
Alibek, Ken +8 more
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Microwave assisted synthesis and antimicrobial activity of 2-quinoxalinone-3-hydrazone derivatives [PDF]
, 2010 A simple and efficient method has been developed for the synthesis of various 2-quinoxalinone-3-hydrazone derivatives using microwave irradiation technique. The series of 2-quinoxalinone-3-hydrazone derivatives synthesized, were structurally confirmed by
Ajani, Olayinka O.
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A new approach to
BMC Research Notes, 2011 Background Bacillus anthracis is one of the most monomorphic pathogens known. Identification of polymorphisms in its genome is essential for taxonomic classification, for determination of recent evolutionary changes, and for evaluation of pathogenic ...
Francoeur Joe, Brodzik Andrzej K
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The pore-forming protein Cry5B elicits the pathogenicity of Bacillus sp. against Caenorhabditis elegans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is a pathogen of insects and nematodes and is very closely related to, if not the same species as, Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis. The defining characteristic of B. thuringiensis that sets it apart from B.
Melanie F Kho +8 more
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing of Bacillus anthracis from Sverdlovsk Tissue
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 A small number of conserved canonical single nucleotide polymorphisms (canSNP) that define major phylogenetic branches for Bacillus anthracis were used to place a Sverdlovsk patient’s B. anthracis genotype into 1 of 12 subgroups.
Richard T. Okinaka +11 more
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Phylogenetic differences in content and intensity of periodic proteins [PDF]
, 2005 Many proteins exhibit sequence periodicity, often correlated with a visible structural periodicity. The statistical significance of such periodicity can be assessed by means of a chi-square-based test, with significance thresholds being calculated from ...
Gatherer, D., McEwan, N.R.
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Bovine Bacillus anthracis in Cameroon [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2011 ABSTRACT Bovine Bacillus anthracis isolates from Cameroon were genetically characterized. They showed a strong homogeneity, and they belong, together with strains from Chad, to cluster Aβ, which appears to be predominant in western Africa.
Joachim Frey +5 more
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Bacillus anthracis edema factor substrate specificity: evidence for new modes of action [PDF]
, 2012 Since the isolation of Bacillus anthracis exotoxins in the 1960s, the detrimental activity of edema factor (EF) was considered as adenylyl cyclase activity only.
Agrawal +94 more
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Micro/nanorobots for detecting and eliminating biological and chemical warfare agents
BMEMat, EarlyView.Fuel‐powered and field‐driven micro/nanorobots provide a cutting‐edge platform to safeguard national security and defense. This review reports the latest research progress in micro/nanorobots in sensing and detoxifying biological and chemical warfare agents.
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