Characterization of the rRNA genes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophila

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 587-596

  Massung, Robert F ^a   Lee, Kemba ^a   Mauel, Michael ^b,c   Gusa, Asiya ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0036376093     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454902320308960     Document Type: Article

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