MB Jones, MJ Blaser, T Wood… - US Patent 7,955,596, 2011 - freepatentsonline.com The present invention pertains to the discovery that B. anthracis possesses a luxS gene that encodes a functional LuxS polypeptide, and that B. anthracis synthesizes a functional AI-2 quorum-sensing molecule. The invention provides mutant B. anthracis bacteria lacking ... Related articles - Cached - All 2 versions
HA Colburn, DS Wunschel, KC Antolick… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier The expressed characteristics of biothreat agents may be impacted by variations in the culture environment, including growth medium formulation. The carbohydrate composition of B. anthracis spores has been well studied, particularly for the exosporium, which is the outermost ... All 4 versions
SR Blanke, WA van der Donk, BA Wilson, JA Imlay… - 2011 - ideals.illinois.edu A critical step during Bacillus anthracis infection is the outgrowth of germinated spores into vegetative bacilli that proliferate and disseminate rapidly within the host. An important challenge exists for developing chemotherapeutic agents that act upon and kill B. anthracis immediately after ... Cached
[HTML] from nih.govDA Rasko, PL Worsham… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences Before the anthrax letter attacks of 2001, the developing field of microbial forensics relied on microbial genotyping schemes based on a small portion of a genome sequence. Amerithrax, the investigation into the anthrax letter attacks, applied high-resolution whole-genome ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 7 versions
NC Cady, SJ Stelick… - International Journal of Biomedical …, 2011 - Inderscience A highly-integrated PCR-based detection system has been developed for the rapid identification of pathogenic bacteria. Nanofabricated fluidic cartridges were used to carry out SYBR Green-based fluorogenic PCR assays for the detection of Bacillus anthracis which ... Related articles - All 3 versions