Transcriptional analysis of Rickettsia prowazekii invasion gene homolog (invA) during host cell infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 6346-6354

  Gaywee, Jariyanart ^a   Radulovic, Suzana ^a   Higgins, James A ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARMONE; BUFFER; DINUCLEOSIDE OLIGOPHOSPHATE; DINUCLEOSIDE OLIGOPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN INVA; PROTEIN RRP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; GROEL PROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0036839669     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.6346-6354.2002     Document Type: Article

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