Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis type IV secretion and Ank proteins

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-66

  Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Lin, Mingqun ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN ANKA; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP 1; PROTEIN VIRD4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOPLASM; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; UPREGULATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS;

EID: 75249092539     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.12.008     Document Type: Review

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