Anaplasma phagocytophilum major surface protein-2 (Msp2) forms multimeric complexes in the bacterial membrane

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-247

  Park, Jinho ^a   Kim, Kee Jun ^a   Grab, Dennis J ^a   Dumler, J Stephen ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ehrlichiosis; Major surface protein 2; Neutrophil; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOMER; PROTEIN P44; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REDUCTION;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0142165013     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00687-6     Document Type: Article

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