Anaplasma marginale type IV secretion system proteins VirB2, VirB7, VirB11, and VirD4 are immunogenic components of a protective bacterial membrane vaccine

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1314-1325

  Sutten, Eric L ^a   Norimine, Junzo ^a   Beare, Paul A ^b   Heinzen, Robert A ^b   Lopez, Job E ^a,b   Morse, Kaitlyn ^a   Brayton, Kelly A ^a   Gillespie, Joseph J ^c,d   Brown, Wendy C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMOSIS VACCINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN VIRB11; PROTEIN VIRB2; PROTEIN VIRB7; PROTEIN VIRD4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77349097993     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01207-09     Document Type: Article

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