Mechanisms of variable p44 expression by Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5650-5661

  Lin, Quan ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^a   Ohashi, Norio ^a,b   Zhi, Ning ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN P44;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0141669063     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.5650-5661.2003     Document Type: Article

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