MgIA and MgIB are required for the intramacrophage growth of Francisella novicida

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 247-259

  Baron, Gerald S ^a   Nano, Francis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTISERUM; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; DNA; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; GALACTOSE-BINDING PROTEIN; GALAPTIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; MGLA PROTEIN, MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROPHAGE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON; TULAREMIA; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031596298     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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