Use of the cell division protein FtsZ as a means of differentiating among Bartonella species

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 766-772

  Kelly, Timothy M ^a   Padmalayam, Indira ^b   Baumstark, Barbara R ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLACEAE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031796676     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.6.766-772.1998     Document Type: Article

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