Mosaic structure of intragenic repetitive elements in histone H1-like protein Hc2 varies within serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Klint, Markus ^a   Thollesson, Mikael ^a   Bongcam Rudloff, Erik ^a   Birkelund, Svend ^b   Nilsson, Anders ^a   Herrmann, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HISTONE 1 LIKE PROTEIN HC 2; HISTONE H1; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HCTB PROTEIN, CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HISTONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE DELETION; HCTB GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROTYPE; BAYES THEOREM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BORDETELLA; BURKHOLDERIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HERMINIIMONAS; RALSTONIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BAYES THEOREM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77950196199     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-81     Document Type: Article

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