The lspA gene, encoding the type II signal peptidase of Rickettsia typhi: Transcriptional and functional analysis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 336-341

  Rahman, M Sayeedur ^a   Ceraul, Shane M ^a   Dreher Lesnick, Sheila M ^a   Beier, Magda S ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBOMYCIN; LIPOPROTEIN; PROLIPOPROTEIN TRANSFERASE; PROTEIN LEPB; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE I; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE II; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEPB GENE; LGT GENE; LSPA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 33846236831     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01397-06     Document Type: Article

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