Recombinant major antigenic protein 2 of Ehrlichia canis: A potential diagnostic tool

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2494-2499

  Alleman, A R ^a   McSherry, L J ^a   Barbet, A F ^a   Breitschwerdt, E B ^a   Sorenson, H L ^a   Bowie, M V ^a   Belanger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034950710     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2494-2499.2001     Document Type: Article

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