Divergence within the marker region of the groESL operon in Anaplasma phagocytophilum

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1025-1036

  Rymaszewska, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 55549147148     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0539-x     Document Type: Article

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