Stability and tick transmission phenotype of gfp-transformed Anaplasma marginale through a complete in vivo infection cycle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 330-334

  Noh, Susan M ^a   Ueti, Massaro W ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^b   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^c   Felsheim, Roderick F ^c   Brayton, Kelly A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-VIVO; INFECTION RATES; TRANSFORMANTS; WILD TYPES;

ANIMALS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CATTLE; COLONIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; TICK;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; STAINING; TICK;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALIA; BOS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79251607583     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02096-10     Document Type: Article

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