Sequence analysis and characterization of a 40-kilodalton Borrelia hermsii glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase homolog

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2238-2246

  Shang, Ellen S ^a   Skare, Jonathan T ^a   Erdjument Bromage, Hediye ^b   Blanco, David R ^a   Tempst, Paul ^b   Miller, James N ^a   Lovett, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BORRELIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL KILLING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA HERMSII; COLI BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0030900315     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2238-2246.1997     Document Type: Article

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