A variable-length PCR target protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis contains major species-specific antibody epitopes in acidic serine-rich tandem repeats

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1572-1580

  Luo, Tian ^a   Zhang, Xiaofeng ^a   Wakeel, Abdul ^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

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN VLPT; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TANDEM REPEAT; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EPITOPES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 42149191556     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01466-07     Document Type: Article

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