Expression of members of the 28-kilodalton major outer membrane protein family of Ehrlichia chaffeensis during persistent infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4336-4343

  Zhang, Jian Zhi ^a   Guo, Hong ^a   Winslow, Gary M ^b   Yu, Xue Jie ^a  

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

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN P28; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DOG; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPITOPE MAPPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 3342964429     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.8.4336-4343.2004     Document Type: Article

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