Expression and sequence analysis of a Treponema pallidum gene, tpn38(b), encoding an exported protein with homology to T. pallidum and Borrelia burgdorferi proteins

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-63

  Stamm, Lola V ^a   Hardham, John M ^b,c   Frye, Jonathan G ^a,d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BmpA; BmpB; BmpC; Borrelia burgdorferi; Syphilis; TpN35; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0030064659     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00429-7     Document Type: Article

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