OmpA and antigenic diversity of bovine Chlamydophila pecorum strains

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 175-180

  Kaltenboeck, B ^a   Heinen, E ^b   Schneider, R ^c   Wittenbrink, M M ^d   Schmeer, N ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bovine; Chlamydophila pecorum; Immunoblot; OmpA

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BULL (BOVINE); CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM LW63; CROSS REACTION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENTERITIS; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PNEUMONIA; POLYARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SUS;

EID: 61749089705     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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