Intra-leukocyte expression of two-component systems in Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum and effects of the histidine kinase inhibitor closantel

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1241-1252

  Cheng, Zhihui ^a   Kumagai, Yumi ^a   Lin, Mingqun ^a   Zhang, Chunbin ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSANTEL; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CELL LINE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN KINASES; SALICYLANILIDES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS;

EID: 33745771590     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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