Cloning, expression and sequence analysis of the Bartonella henselae gene encoding the HtrA stress-response protein

Gene

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 35-38

  Anderson, Burt ^a   Jones, Dana ^b   Burgess, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen; Cat scratch disease; Heat shock protein; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030608377     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00330-7     Document Type: Article

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