Characterization of the ftsZ gene from Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Rickettsia rickettsii, and use as a differential PCR target

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-186

  Lee, Kemba N ^a   Padmalayam, Indira ^a,b   Baumstark, Barbara ^b   Baker, Shannon L ^a   Massung, Robert F ^a,c  

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

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BARTONELLA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FTSZ GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHIZOBIUM; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 0037717028     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454903321655800     Document Type: Article

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