Characterization and transcriptional analysis of gene clusters for a type IV secretion machinery in human granulocytic and monocytic ehrlichiosis agents

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 2128-2138

  Ohashi, Norio ^a   Zhi, Ning ^a   Lin, Quan ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANAPLASMA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0036126936     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.2128-2138.2002     Document Type: Article

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