Life cycle of Rickettsia slovaca in L929 cell line studied by quantitative real-time PCR and transmission electron microscopy: RESEARCH LETTER

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-106

  Boldiš, Vojtech ^a   Štrus, Jasna ^b   Kocianová, Elena ^a   Tušek Žnidarič, Magda ^b   Štefanidesová, Katarína ^a   Schwarzová, Katarína ^a   Kúdelová, Marcela ^a   Sekeyová, Zuzana ^a   Špitalská, Eva ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

L929 cells; Quantitative real time PCR; Rickettsia slovaca; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DERMACENTOR; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 61449221926     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01510.x     Document Type: Article

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