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YhgC protects Bacillus anthracis from oxidative stress.
The International journal of artificial organs - 1 Sept 2010
Kiran Madanahally D, Bala Shashi, Hirshberg Miriam, Balaban Naomi
Abstract excerpt
Bacillus anthracis can cause lethal inhalational anthrax and can be used as a bioweapon due to its ability to form spores and to survive under various environmental stress conditions. YhgC in bacilli are structural homologues of TRAP, a protein involved in stress response in staphylococci. To test the role of YhgC in B. anthracis, yhgC gene was deleted in B. anthracis strain Sterne and parent and mutant strains...
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