Determining the repertoire of immunodominant proteins via whole-genome amplification of intracellular pathogens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Dark, Michael J ^a,b   Lundgren, Anna M ^a   Barbet, Anthony F ^a,b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MSP2 PROTEIN, ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE EVASION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MSP2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOGENE; PYROSEQUENCING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACILLUS PHAGE; CATTLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; GENOMICS; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84860479857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036456     Document Type: Article

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