Molecular cloning and characterization of the Ehrlichia chaffeensis variable-length PCR target: An antigen-expressing gene that exhibits interstrain variation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1447-1453

  Sumner, John W ^a   Childs, James E ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS STR. ARKANSAS; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032895270     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1447-1453.1999     Document Type: Article

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