Nucleotide parasitism by Simkania negevensis (Chlamydiae)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 225-235

  Knab, Silvia ^a   Mushak, Tanja M ^b   Schmitz Esser, Stephan ^a,c   Horn, Matthias ^a   Haferkamp, Ilka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIPORTER; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORTER; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORTER 1; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORTER 2; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORTER 3; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORTER 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIALES; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS;

EID: 78650164408     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00919-10     Document Type: Article

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