Gene structure, activity and localization of a catalase from intracellular bacteria in Onchocerca volvulus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 69-81

  Henkle Dührsen, Kimberly ^a   Eckelt, Volker H O ^a   Wildenburg, Gabriele ^a   Blaxter, Mark ^b   Walter, Rolf D ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Catalase; Immunolocalization; Intracellular bacteria; Onchocerca volvulus; Phylogenetic analysis; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

CATALASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALASE; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RICKETTSIACEAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0032582555     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00109-1     Document Type: Article

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