Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding the major surface protein of the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2373-2378

  Braig, Henk R ^a   Zhou, Weiguo ^a,b   Dobson, Stephen L ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 0031976759     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2373-2378.1998     Document Type: Article

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