Immunodominant major outer membrane proteins of Ehrlichia chaffeensis are encoded by a polymorphic multigene family

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 132-139

  Ohashi, Norio ^a   Zhi, Ning ^a   Zhang, Yilan ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; COWDRIA RUMINANTIUM; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS;

EID: 0031976047     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.132-139.1998     Document Type: Article

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