Motility characteristics are altered for Rickettsia bellii transformed to overexpress a heterologous rickA gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1170-1176

  Oliver, Jonathan D ^a   Burkhardt, Nicole Y ^a   Felsheim, Roderick F ^a   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR; GENE SEQUENCES; HOST CELL FACTORS; INTRACELLULAR MOTILITY; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SPECTINOMYCIN; TRANSFORMANTS;

BACTERIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROTEINS;

GENES;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTILITY; PLASMID; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RICKA PROTEIN, RICKETTSIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; LOCOMOTION; RICKETTSIA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84892962958     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03352-13     Document Type: Article

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