Molecular characterization and cellular localization of TpLRR, a processed leucine-rich repeat protein of Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3188-3195

  Shevchenko, Dmitriy V ^a   Akins, Darrin R ^a   Robinson, Esther ^a   Li, Minyue ^a   Popova, Taissia G ^a   Cox, David L ^b   Radolf, Justin D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0030924236     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.10.3188-3195.1997     Document Type: Article

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