The identification of five genetic loci of Francisella novicida associated with intracellular growth

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-56

  Gray, Catherine G ^a   Cowley, Siobhán C ^a   Cheung, Karen K M ^a   Nano, Francis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; AMIDOPHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PROTEIN CLPB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA; MACROPHAGES; MAMMALS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. NOVICIDA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037167471     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00911-4     Document Type: Article

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