Expression of an epitope-tagged virulence protein in rickettsia parkeri using transposon insertion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Welch, Matthew D ^a   Reed, Shawna C O ^a   Lamason, Rebecca L ^a   Serio, Alisa W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Achaogen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN RICKA; PROTEIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RICKA PROTEIN, RICKETTSIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EPITOPE TAGGING; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC REGULATION; HIMAR1 TRANSPOSON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; VERO CELL;

RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLASMIDS; RICKETTSIA; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84862094236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037310     Document Type: Article

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