Evolutionary Implication of Outer Membrane Lipoprotein-Encoding Genes ompL1, UpL32 and lipL41 of Pathogenic Leptospira Species

Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 96-106

  Vedhagiri, K ^a   Natarajaseenivasan, K ^a   Chellapandi, P ^b   Prabhakaran, S G ^a   Selvin, Joseph ^a   Sharma, S ^c   Vijayachari, P ^c  

^a Sch Life Sci Bharathidasan U   (India)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

antigenic variation; Leptospira; LipL32; lipL41; ompL1; phylogeny

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL32; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN LIPL41; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN OMPL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LEPTOSIPRA WEILII; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI; LIPL32 GENE; LIPL41 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPL1 GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PHYLOGENY; RATS;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA WEILII; RATTUS;

EID: 71549171890     PISSN: 16720229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-0229(08)60038-8     Document Type: Article

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