A subset of Cowdria ruminantium genes important for immune recognition and protection

Gene

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 287-298

  Barbet, A F ^a,e   Whitmire, W M ^a   Kamper, S M ^a   Simbi, B H ^b   Ganta, R R ^a   Moreland, A L ^a   Mwangi, D M ^c   McGuire, T C ^d   Mahan, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UF/USAID/SADC Heartwater Res Proj   (Zimbabwe)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Scott)   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowdria ruminantium; Ehrlichia; Genome; Immune recognition; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LIPOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SHEEP; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACARI; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

EID: 0035913701     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00682-5     Document Type: Article

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