Do chromosomal deletions in the lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic regions explain all cases of phase variation in Coxiella burnetii strains? An update

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 664-670

  Thompson, H A ^a   Hoover, T A ^b   Vodkin, M H ^c   Shaw, E I ^a  

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

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomal deletions; Coxiella burnetii; Phase variation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ANTIGENICITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 0038727999     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07441.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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