Comparative investigation of the genomic regions involved in antigenic variation of the tprK antigen among treponemal species, subspecies, and strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4208-4225

  Giacani, Lorenzo ^a   Brandt, Stephanie L ^a   Puray Chavez, Maritza ^a   Reid, Tara Brinck ^a   Godornes, Charmie ^a   Molini, Barbara J ^a   Benzler, Martin ^a   Hartig, Jörg S ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a,b   Centurion Lara, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TPRK ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY; TREPONEMA;

TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP. ENDEMICUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP. PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP. PERTENUE; TREPONEMA PARALUISCUNICULI;

EID: 84866307448     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00863-12     Document Type: Article

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