Glycosylation of homologous immunodominant proteins of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-18

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0033985107     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.1.13-18.2000     Document Type: Article

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