Cloning and sequencing of the gene for a 120-kDa immunodominant protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Gene

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-154

  Yu, Xue Jie ^a   Crocquet Valdes, Patricia ^a   Walker, David H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repeat units; Ehrlichiosis; Obligate intracellular bacterium

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031033764     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00586-0     Document Type: Article

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