Complementation of Rickettsia rickettsii RelA/SpoT restores a nonlytic plaque phenotype

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1631-1637

  Clark, Tina R ^a   Ellison, Damon W ^a   Kleba, Betsy ^a   Hackstadt, Ted ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE MUTATION; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; STOP CODON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERO CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUINEA PIGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROPHOSPHATASES; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79953324145     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00048-11     Document Type: Article

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