Identification and classification of all potential hemolysin encoding genes and their products from Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae serovar Lai

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-461

  Zhang, Yi Xuan ^a,b,c   Geng, Yan ^a,b,c   Bi, Bo ^a,c   He, Jian Yong ^c   Wu, Chun Fu ^c   Guo, Xiao Kui ^b   Zhao, Guo Ping ^a,c,d  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

Author keywords

Hemolysin; Leptospira interrogans; Sphingomyelinase

Indexed keywords

AGAR; GENE PRODUCT; HEMOLYSIN; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SHEEP; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

EID: 16444386446     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2005.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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