Intracytoplasmic localization of antigenic heat-stable 120- to 130- kilodalton proteins (PS120) common to spotted fever group rickettsiae demonstrated by immunoelectron microscopy

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 815-818

  Uchiyama, Tsuneo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunoelectron microscopy; PS120; Rickettsia japonica; Spotted fever group rickettsiae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RICKETTSIA; TYPHUS;

ANIMALIA; JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; TYPHUS GROUP;

EID: 0030725024     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01933.x     Document Type: Article

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