Identification and characterization of the gyrB gene from Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Stamm, Lola V ^a   Greene, Shermalyn R ^a   Barnes, Natalie Y ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA gyrase; Spirochete; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; Type II topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPIROCHETE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP. PALLIDUM;

EID: 0030862589     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00247-4     Document Type: Article

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