A mutation inactivating the methyltransferase gene in avirulent Madrid E strain of Rickettsia prowazekii reverted to wild type in the virulent revertant strain Evir

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2317-2323

  Zhang, Jian Zhi ^a   Hao, Jun Fang ^a   Walker, David H ^a   Yu, Xue Jie ^a  

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

Author keywords

Epidemic typhus; Methyltransferase; Reverse virulence mutation; Rickettsia prowazekii

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33344469056     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.11.044     Document Type: Article

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