The genome of the obligately intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia canis reveals themes of complex membrane structure and immune evasion strategies

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4015-4023

  Mavromatis, K ^a   Doyle, C Kuyler ^b   Lykidis, A ^a   Ivanova, N ^a   Francino, M P ^a   Chain, P ^a,c   Shin, M ^a,c   Malfatti, S ^a,c   Larimer, F ^d   Copeland, A ^a   Detter, J C ^a   Land, M ^d   Richardson, P M ^a   Yu, X J ^b   Walker, D H ^b   McBride, J W ^b   Kyrpides, N C ^a  

^a DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; RNA; SERINE; THREONINE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOGENE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOGENES; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA CANIS; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33744820791     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01837-05     Document Type: Article

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