The gene encoding the 17-kDa antigen of Bartonella henselae is located within a cluster of genes homologous to the virB virulence operon

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 377-382

  Padmalayam, Indira ^a,b   Karem, Kevin ^a   Baumstark, Barbara ^b   Massung, Robert ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033934992     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10445490050043344     Document Type: Article

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