Generation of antigenic variants via gene conversion: Evidence for recombination fitness selection at the locus level in Anaplasma marginale

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3181-3187

  Futse, James E ^a   Brayton, Kelly A ^a   Nydam, Seth D ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COW; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MSP2 GENE; MSP3 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; GENE CONVERSION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 67651202562     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00348-09     Document Type: Article

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