Cloning, expression analysis, and sequence diversity of genes encoding two different immunodominant membrane proteins in poinsettia branch-inducing phytoplasma (PoiBI)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-47

  Neriya, Yutaro ^a   Sugawara, Kyoko ^a   Maejima, Kensaku ^a   Hashimoto, Masayoshi ^a   Komatsu, Ken ^a   Minato, Nami ^a   Miura, Chihiro ^a   Kakizawa, Shigeyuki ^b   Yamaji, Yasuyuki ^a   Oshima, Kenro ^a   Namba, Shigetou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euphorbia pulcherrima; Evolution; Free branching; Immunodominant membrane protein; Phytoplasma

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGENIC MEMBRANE PROTEIN; IMMUNODOMINANT MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IDPA GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMP GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYTOPLASMA; POINSETTIA; POINSETTIA BRANCH PRODUCING PHYTOPLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHRUB; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUPHORBIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; POINSETTIA BRANCH-INDUCING PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 80053551929     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02384.x     Document Type: Article

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