Sca1, a previously undescribed paralog from autotransporter protein-encoding genes in Rickettsia species

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ngwamidiba, Maxime ^a   Blanc, Guillaume ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ATAXIN 1; CELL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; TYPHUS; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CANADENSIS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; TYPHUS GROUP;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33644768306     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-12     Document Type: Article

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