Antigenic variation ofanaplasma marginale msp2 occurs by combinatorial gene conversion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1151-1159

  Brayton, Kelly A ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a   Lundgren, Anna ^b   Yi, Jooyoung ^b   Barbet, Anthony F ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MSP2 PROTEIN, ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANAPLASMA; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOGENE; RECOMBINANT GENE; RICKETS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOGENES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0036010483     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02792.x     Document Type: Article

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