Abstract：
:Spores produced by bacilli and clostridia are surrounded by a multilayered protein shell called the coat. As the armor-like appearance of the coat suggests, this structure, along with others within the spore, confers the remarkable resistance properties that make Bacillus anthracis spores such potent biological weapons. Here, I review recent studies of coat assembly in the model organism Bacillus subtilis, and explore the implications of these findings for coat assembly in B. anthracis and for defense against biological weapons.
journal_name
Trends Microbioljournal_title
Trends in microbiologyauthors
Driks Adoi
10.1016/s0966-842x(02)02373-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-06-01 00:00:00pages
251-4issue
6eissn
0966-842Xissn
1878-4380pii
S0966842X02023739journal_volume
10pub_type
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