Analysis of conserved non-rRNA genes of Tropheryma whipplei

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-12

  Maiwald, Matthias ^a   Lepp, Paul W ^a   Relman, David A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome walking; Phylogeny; Strain typing; Tropheryma; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETA CHAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; TROPHERYMA; TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037366975     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322337254     Document Type: Article

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