Molecular basis for antigenic variation of a protective strain-specific antigen of Ehrlichia risticii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3682-3688

  Biswas, Biswajit ^a   Vemulapalli, Ramesh ^a,b   Dutta, Sukanta K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; EHRLICHIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EHRLICHIA RISTICII;

EID: 0031870994     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3682-3688.1998     Document Type: Article

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