Identification, sequences, and expression of treponema pallidum chemotaxis genes

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 267-284

  Greene, Shermalyn R ^a   Stamm, Lola V ^a   Hardham, John M ^b   Young, Natalie R ^a   Frye, Jonathan G ^a,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; motility; signal transduction; spirochetes; syphilis; T. pallidum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEW PROTEIN, BACTERIA; CHEX PROTEIN, TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; METHYL-ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0030875232     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179709034046     Document Type: Article

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