Identification of functional promoters in the msp2 expression loci of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Gene

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-97

  Barbet, Anthony F ^a   Agnes, Joseph T ^b   Moreland, Annie L ^a   Lundgren, Anna M ^a   Alleman, A Rick ^a   Noh, Susan M ^b   Brayton, Kelly A ^b   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^c   Palmer, Guy H ^b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Outer membrane proteins; Variable antigens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 2; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CELL LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 20444424872     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.03.036     Document Type: Article

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