Transcription of the Rickettsia Felis OmpA gene in naturally infected fleas

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 662-666

  Zavala Castro, Jorge E ^b   Small, Melissa ^a   Keng, Colette ^a   Bouyer, Donald H ^a   Zavala Velázquez, Jorge ^b   Walker, David H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DNA SEQUENCE; FLEA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; DIDELPHIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 26844470126     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.662     Document Type: Article

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