Phylogenetic analysis of Orientia tsutsugamushi strains based on the sequence homologies of 56-kDa type-specific antigen genes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-169

  Enatsu, Teruyuki ^a   Urakami, Hiroshi ^a   Tamura, Akira ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

56 kDa type specific antigen gen; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 0032727474     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00477-2     Document Type: Article

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