Tyrosine-phosphorylated Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis tandem repeat orthologs contain a major continuous cross-reactive antibody epitope in lysine-rich repeats

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3178-3187

  McBride, Jere W ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaofeng ^a   Wakeel, Abdul ^a   Kuriakose, Jeeba A ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; TANDEM REPEAT PROTEIN 75; TANDEM REPEAT PROTEIN 95; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TYROSINE;

EID: 79961124403     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01347-10     Document Type: Article

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