Expression of major surface protein 2 variants with conserved T-cell epitopes in Anaplasma centrale vaccinates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 642-648

  Shkap, Varda ^a   Molad, Thea ^a   Brayton, Kelly A ^a   Brown, Wendy C ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036149933     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.2.642-648.2002     Document Type: Article

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