Characterization of the activity and expression of arginine decarboxylase in human and animal Chlamydia pathogens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-146

  Bliven, Kimberly A ^a   Fisher, Derek J ^a   Maurelli, Anthony T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine decarboxylase; Chlamydia evolution; Inactivating mutation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN AAXB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA CAVIAE; CHLAMYDIA PECORUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBOXY-LYASES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84870330467     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12021     Document Type: Article

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