Major outer membrane proteins of Ehrlichia ruminantium encoded by a multigene family

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 131-134

  Van Heerden, H ^a   Collins, N E ^a   Allsopp, M T E P ^a   Allsopp, B A ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia ruminantium; Multigene family; Outer membranes; Proteins

Indexed keywords

MAJOR ANTIGENIC PROTEIN 1; OPEN READING FRAME 2; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0036416503     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04364.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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