Conservation of the 17-kilodalton antigen gene within the genus Bartonella

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-257

  Sweger, Debra ^a   Resto Ruiz, Sandra ^a   Johnson, David P ^b   Schmiederer, Michael ^a   Hawke, Noel ^a   Anderson, Burt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Bay Pines VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034058353     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.2.251-257.2000     Document Type: Article

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