The developmental cycle of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in vertebrate cells

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 610-618

  Zhang, Jian Zhi ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^a   Gao, Si ^a   Walker, David H ^a   Yu, Xue Jie ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN P28;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846934966     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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