Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum lack genes for lipid A biosynthesis and incorporate cholesterol for their survival

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5324-5331

  Lin, Mingqun ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; LIPID A;

ANAPLASMA; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPOGENESIS; LYME DISEASE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BITE;

4-CHLORO-7-NITROBENZOFURAZAN; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CHOLESTEROL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREEZE FRACTURING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LIPID A; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 0042825338     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.9.5324-5331.2003     Document Type: Article

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