Molecular cloning of the gene for a conserved major immunoreactive 28- kilodalton protein of ehrlichia canis: A potential serodiagnostic antigen

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 392-399

  Mcbride, Jere W ^a   Yu, Xue Jie ^a   Walker, David H ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032911761     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.3.392-399.1999     Document Type: Article

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