| Literature DB >> 19820087 |
Nicole C Ammerman1, Joseph J Gillespie, Andrew F Neuwald, Bruno W Sobral, Abdu F Azad.
Abstract
Phylogenomics reveals extreme gene loss in typhus group (TG) rickettsiae relative to the levels for other rickettsial lineages. We report here a curious protease-encoding gene (ppcE) that is conserved only in TG rickettsiae. As a possible determinant of host pathogenicity, ppcE warrants consideration in the development of therapeutics against epidemic and murine typhus.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19820087 PMCID: PMC2786609 DOI: 10.1128/JB.01077-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490