Differential transcription of the major antigenic protein 1 multigene family of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum ticks

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 298-305

  Postigo, M ^a,b   Taoufik, A ^a   Bell Sakyi, L ^b   de Vries, E ^a   Morrison, W I ^b   Jongejan, F ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum; Ehrlichia ruminantium; Gene expression; MAP1; Multigene families

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MAJOR ANTIGENIC PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MIDGUT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEARTWATER DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SALIVARY GLANDS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICKS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IXODIDA;

EID: 34248579048     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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