Anthrax
Study findings on anthrax are outlined in reports from J. Skoble and colleagues
Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 20th, 2009
"Vaccine strains that are asporogenic and nucleotide excision repair deficient were engineered by deleting the spoIIE and uvrAB genes, rendering B. anthracis extremely sensitive to photochemical inactivation with S-59 psoralen and UV light. We also introduced point mutations into the lef and cya genes, which allowed inactive but immunogenic toxins to be produced. Photochemically inactivated vaccine strains maintained a high degree of metabolic...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-05-20)
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