Functional and Immunological Relevance of Anaplasma marginale Major Surface Protein 1a Sequence and Structural Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cabezas Cruz, Alejandro ^a   Passos, Lygia M F ^b,c   Lis, Katarzyna ^b   Kenneil, Rachel ^b   Valdés, James J ^a   Ferrolho, Joana ^d   Tonk, Miray ^a   Pohl, Anna E ^b   Grubhoffer, Libor ^a   Zweygarth, Erich ^b   Shkap, Varda ^e   Ribeiro, Mucio F B ^c   Estrada Peña, Agustín ^f   Kocan, Katherine M ^g   de la Fuente, José ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^e KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^g OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TICK;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CATTLE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA;

EID: 84878920850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065243     Document Type: Article

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