A novel antigen from Anaplasma marginale: Characterization, expression and preliminary evaluation of the recombinant protein

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 407-415

  Hope, Michelle ^a   Riding, George ^a   Menzies, Moira ^a   Willadsen, Peter ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaplasma marginale; Recombinant antigen; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMOSIS VACCINE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DEXTRAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; MONTANIDE ISA 50 V; PROTEIN ANA 29; QUIL A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0344234361     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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