Plasmids of the pRM/pRF family occur in diverse Rickettsia species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 645-652

  Baldridge, Gerald D ^a   Burkhardt, Nicole Y ^a   Felsheim, Roderick F ^a   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMIDS; PRF; PRM; RICKETTSIA SPECIES;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CELL ADHESION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 2; HELICASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ELECTROKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MOBILITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASMID; PROTEIN; TICK;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA HOOGSTRAALII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA PEACOCKII; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; IXODES; PLASMIDS; RICKETTSIA; SERIAL PASSAGE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARGASIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA SP.; IXODIDA; NITROBACTER SP.; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA MONTANENSIS; RICKETTSIA PEACOCKII; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 38949085995     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02262-07     Document Type: Article

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