Intracellular induction of the Bartonella henselae virB operon by human endothelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 6495-6502

  Schmiederer, M ^a   Arcenas, R ^a   Widen, R ^a   Valkov, N ^a   Anderson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0034819855     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.10.6495-6502.2001     Document Type: Article

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