Functional characterization of a phospholipase A2 homolog from Rickettsia typhi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3294-3303

  Rahman, M Sayeedur ^a   Ammerman, Nicole C ^a,b   Sears, Khandra T ^a   Ceraul, Shane M ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 INHIBITOR; PROTEIN RT0522; PROTEIN RT0590; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST CELL; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECRETION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VERO CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VERO CELLS;

EUKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 77954369913     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00155-10     Document Type: Article

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