Cloning and characterization of an Ehrlichia canis gene encoding a protein localized to the morula membrane

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2218-2225

  Teng, Ching Hao ^a   Palaniappan, Raghavan U M ^a   Chang, Yung Fu ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MMPA PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNE SERA; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VACUOLES;

EID: 0037378103     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.2218-2225.2003     Document Type: Article

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