Lipoprotein biosynthesis by prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase is required for efficient spore germination and full virulence of Bacillus anthracis.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on November 22, 2011

Authors

Shu Okugawa1, Mahtab Moayeri, Andrei P Pomerantsev, Inka Sastalla, Devorah Crown, Pradeep K Gupta, Stephen H Leppla

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Bacterial Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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