Identification of the Treponema pallidum subsp. Pallidum glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase bomologue

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-310

  Stebeck, Caroline E ^a   Shaffer, Jeanne M ^a   Arroll, Thomas W ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a   Van Voorhis, Wesley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase; IgD binding; Lipoprotein; Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BORRELIA HERMSII; COLI BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP. PALLIDUM;

EID: 0030766368     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00346-7     Document Type: Article

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