Identification and sequence analysis of Treponema pallidum tprJ, a member of a polymorphic multigene family

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-163

  Stamm, Lola V ^a   Greene, Shermalyn R ^a   Bergen, Heather L ^a   Hardham, John M ^a   Barnes, Natalie Y ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Multigene family; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; Treponema pertenue; Yaws

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YAWS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP. PERTENUE;

EID: 0031765812     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00477-7     Document Type: Article

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