Maintenance of antibody to pathogen epitopes generated by segmental gene conversion is highly dynamic during long-term persistent infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5185-5190

  Zhuang, Yan ^a   Futse, James E ^a   Brown, Wendy C ^a   Brayton, Kelly A ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ALLELE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CALF (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MSP2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; GENE CONVERSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

EID: 35648965217     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00913-07     Document Type: Article

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