Ehrlichia canis gp200 contains dominant species-specific antibody epitopes in terminal acidic domains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4900-4908

  Nethery, Kimberly A ^a   Doyle, C Kuyler ^a   Zhang, Xiaofeng ^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

ANKYRIN; ANTIBODY; ASPARTIC ACID; EPITOPE; GLUTAMIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GP200; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34848924002     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00041-07     Document Type: Article

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