Expression of Anaplasma marginale ankyrin repeat-containing proteins during infection of the mammalian host and tick vector

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2847-2855

  Ramabu, Solomon S ^a   Schneider, David A ^b   Brayton, Kelly A ^a   Ueti, Massaro W ^b   Graça, Telmo ^a   Futse, James E ^a,c   Noh, Susan M ^b   Baszler, Timothy V ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HOST CELL; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TICK;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANKYRIN REPEAT; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DERMACENTOR; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SYNTENY; TICKS;

EID: 79959409833     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05097-11     Document Type: Article

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