Characterization of a Coxiella burnetii ftsZ mutant generated by Himar1 transposon mutagenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1369-1381

  Beare, Paul A ^a   Howe, Dale ^a   Cockrell, Diane C ^a   Omsland, Anders ^a   Hansen, Bryan ^a   Heinzen, Robert A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; FTSZ PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; TN ANTIGEN; TRANSPOSASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; Q FEVER; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON; VERO CELL; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; NEGIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COXIELLA BURNETII; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; TRANSPOSASES; VERO CELLS;

EID: 62649088066     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01580-08     Document Type: Article

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