Genetic and antigenic diversities of major immunoreactive proteins in globally distributed Ehrlichia canis strains

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1080-1088

  Zhang, Xiaofeng ^a   Luo, Tian ^a   Keysary, Avi ^c   Baneth, Gad ^d   Miyashiro, Simone ^a   Strenger, Carmela ^c   Waner, Trevor ^c   McBride, Jere W ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 140; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 19; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 200; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 36;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CELL LYSATE; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; ISRAEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 47649121196     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00482-07     Document Type: Article

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