The tprK gene is heterogeneous among Treponema pallidum strains and has multiple alleles

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 824-831

  Centurion Lara, Arturo ^a,b   Godornes, Charmie ^a   Castro, Christa ^a   Van Voorhis, Wesley C ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORINS; RABBITS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0033977387     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.824-831.2000     Document Type: Article

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