Isolation and characterization of the dnaA gene of Rickettsia prowazekii

Acta Virologica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-101

  Waite, R T ^a   Shaw, E I ^a   Winkler, H H ^a   Wood, D O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DnaA gene; Initiator protein; Rickettsia prowazekii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031829522     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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