Sequence analysis and comparison of 190 K surface antigen gene fragment of a new species of spotted fever group rickettsiae

Acta Virologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-45

  Zhang, J Z ^a   Fan, M Y ^a   Bi, D Z ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

190 K protein; Nucleotide sequence; PCR; Rickettsiae; Spotted fever group; Strain HL 93

Indexed keywords

PLASMID VECTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030862165     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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