Ehrlichia ruminantium major antigenic protein gene (map1) variants are not geographically constrained and show no evidence of having evolved under positive selection pressure

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 4200-4203

  Allsopp, M T E P ^a   Dorfling, C M ^a   Maillard, J C ^a   Bensaid, A ^a   Haydon, D T ^a   Van Heerden, H ^a   Allsopp, B A ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN MAP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CODON; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA PROBE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; EHRLICHIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEARTWATER DISEASE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034759582     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.11.4200-4203.2001     Document Type: Article

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