The Bartonella henselae sucB gene encodes a dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase protein reactive with sera from patients with cat-scratch disease

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1221-1227

  Litwin, Christine M ^a,b   Johnson, Joel M ^a,b   Martins, Thomas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTION; DNA LIBRARY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SERUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CROSS REACTIONS; GENE COMPONENTS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 11144226456     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45616-0     Document Type: Article

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