Distribution of the leptospiral immunoglobulin-like (lig) genes in pathogenic Leptospira species and application of ligB to typing leptospiral isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1173-1181

  Cerqueira, Gustavo M ^a,b   McBride, Alan J A ^c   Picardeau, Mathieu ^b   Ribeiro, Samuel G ^a   Moreira, Ângela N ^a   Morel, Viviane ^b   Reis, Mitermayer G ^c   Ko, Albert I ^c,d   Dellagostin, Odir A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SECY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; LEPTOSPIRA; LIGA GENE; LIGB GENE; LIGC GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 69049091934     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.009175-0     Document Type: Article

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