Developmentally regulated synthesis of an unusually small, basic peptide by Coxiella burnetii

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-19

  Heinzen, R A ^a   Howe, D ^b   Mallavia, L P ^b   Rockey, D D ^a   Hackstadt, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA SEQUENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; COXIELLA BURNETTI; EUKARYOTA; STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 0029793346     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02651.x     Document Type: Article

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