Comparative genome sequencing of Rickettsia rickettsii strains that differ in virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1568-1576

  Clark, Tina R ^a   Noriea, Nicholas F ^a   Bublitz, DeAnna C ^a   Ellison, Damon W ^a   Martens, Craig ^a   Lutter, Erika I ^a   Hackstadt, Ted ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ROMPA, RICKETTSIA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GUINEA PIG MODEL; INDEL MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GUINEA PIGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84925357276     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.03140-14     Document Type: Article

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