Identification and Characterization of a Phospholipase D-Superfamily Gene in Rickettsiae

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1276-1283

  Renesto, Patricia ^a   Dehoux, Pierre ^b   Gouin, Edith ^b   Touqui, Lhousseine ^b   Cossart, Pascale ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; DIMER; ENZYME ANTIBODY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRITIUM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VERO CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0242468462     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379080     Document Type: Article

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