Transcription analysis of the major antigenic protein 1 multigene family of three in vitro-cultured Ehrlichia ruminantium isolates

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 4782-4791

  Bekker, Cornelis P J ^a   Postigo, Milagros ^b   Taoufik, Amar ^a   Bell Sakyi, Lesley ^b   Ferraz, Conchita ^c   Martinez, Dominique ^d   Jongejan, Frans ^a,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAJOR ANTIGENIC PROTEIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOOPHILUS; COW; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TICK;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM;

EID: 22044456256     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.4782-4791.2005     Document Type: Article

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