Characterization of the Leptospira interrogans S10-spc-α operon

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 303-308

  Zuerner, R L ^a   Hartskeerl, R A ^b   Van De Kemp, H ^b   Bal, A E ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept Biomed Res NH S   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Ribosomal protein gene; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; SPIROCHAETA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0033988197     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00598-4     Document Type: Article

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