Differentially expressed and secreted major immunoreactive protein orthologs of Ehrlichia canis and E. chaffeensis elicit early antibody responses to epitopes on glycosylated tandem repeats

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 711-720

  Doyle, C Kuyler ^a   Nethery, Kimberly A ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^a   McBride, Jere W ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; EPITOPE; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 36; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 47; MAJOR IMMUNOREACTIVE PROTEIN; PERIODATE; RECOMBINANT GLYCOPROTEIN GP 36; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 29644434935     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.711-720.2006     Document Type: Article

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