Variability within the msp2 gene in populations of Anaplasma phagocythopilum

Folia Biologica

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 269-275

  Rymaszewska, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; msp2 gene; Polymorphism; Strains of A. phagocytophilum in Europe

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DOG; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRANULOCYTE; IXODES RICINUS; MSP2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; IXODES RICINUS; SYRINGOPHILIDAE;

EID: 78651308942     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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