Type IV secretion system of anaplasma phagocytophilum and ehrlichia chaffeensis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1166, Issue , 2009, Pages 106-111

  Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Lin, Mingqun ^a   Niu, Hua ^a   Cheng, Zhihui ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. phagocytophilum; E. chaffeensis; Type IV secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL DNA; EARLY ENDOSOME ANTIGEN 1; PROTEIN ANKA; PROTEIN ATS 1; PROTEIN VIRD4; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL INTERACTION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ENDOSOME; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LEUKOCYTE; LYSOSOME; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 67649718305     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04527.x     Document Type: Article

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