Rickettsia typhi Possesses Phospholipase A2 Enzymes that Are Involved in Infection of Host Cells

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Rahman, M Sayeedur ^a   Gillespie, Joseph J ^a,b   Kaur, Simran Jeet ^a   Sears, Khandra T ^a   Ceraul, Shane M ^a   Beier Sexton, Magda ^a   Azad, Abdu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN PAT1; PROTEIN PAT2; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA EXTRACTION; HOST CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 INHIBITORS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE; VERO CELLS;

RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 84879512895     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003399     Document Type: Article

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