The 75-kilodalton antigen of Bartonella bacilliformis is a structural homolog of the cell division protein FtsZ

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 4545-4552

  Padmalayam, Indira ^a,d   Anderson, Burt ^b   Kron, Michael ^c   Kelly, Timothy ^a   Baumstark, Barbara ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BARTONELLACEAE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLACEAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030811663     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.14.4545-4552.1997     Document Type: Article

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