Molecular differentiation of Treponema pallidum subspecies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3377-3380

  Centurion Lara, Arturo ^a,b   Molini, Barbara J ^a   Godornes, Charmie ^a   Sun, Eileen ^a,c   Hevner, Karin ^a   Van Voorhis, Wesley C ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ROSETTA INPHARMATICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUBSPECIES; TPP15 GENE; TPR GENE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

SIMIAE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 33748779575     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00784-06     Document Type: Article

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