The flanking region sequences of the 15-kDa lipoprotein gene differentiate pathogenic treponemes

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1036-1040

  Centurion Lara, Arturo ^a   Castro, Christa ^a   Castillo, Raphael ^a,c   Shaffer, Jeanne M ^a   Van Voorhis, Wesley C ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BEJEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YAWS;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0031977499     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515247     Document Type: Article

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