A study on the presence of flagella in the order Rickettsiales: The case of 'Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii'

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1677-1683

  Mariconti, Mara ^a   Epis, Sara ^b   Sacchi, Luciano ^c   Biggiogera, Marco ^c   Sassera, Davide ^a   Genchi, Marco ^d   Alberti, Eric ^a   Montagna, Matteo ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^a   Bazzocchi, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Sanità Pubblica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLGK PROTEIN; FLGL PROTEIN; FLIC PROTEIN; FLID PROTEIN; FLIG PROTEIN; MOTA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDATUS MIDICHLORIA MITOCHONDRII; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RICKETTSIALES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MITOCHONDRIA; TICKS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 84863659502     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.057174-0     Document Type: Article

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