Characterization of a Chlamydia psittaci DNA binding protein (EUO) synthesized during the early and middle phases of the developmental cycle

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1167-1173

  Zhang, Li ^a   Douglas, Annemarie L ^a   Hatch, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 0031935644     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.1167-1173.1998     Document Type: Article

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