Sequence and characterization of an Ehrlichia chaffeensis gene encoding 314 amino acids highly homologous to the NAD A enzyme

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-58

  Yu, Xue Jie ^a   Walker, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanelle; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; nadA gene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WATER;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; CANIS; CYANOPHORA PARADOXA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA MURIS;

EID: 0030929255     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00300-5     Document Type: Article

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